喬木

See also: 乔木

Chinese

		tall	tree; wood
trad. (喬木)		喬	木
simp. (乔木)		乔	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáomù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâu-bo̍k / khiâu-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáomù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáomù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-mu⁴
    • Yale: chyáu-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyaumuh
    • Palladius: цяому (cjaomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: kìuh muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kiâu-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiau'bok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiâu-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khiâu-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiau'bok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiau²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjew muwk

Rime
Character	喬	木
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	巨嬌切	莫卜切
Baxter	gjew	muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/muk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/muk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/muk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/məwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/muk̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/muk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/muk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N-k](r)aw  C.mˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrew  moːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喬	木
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiáo	mù
Middle Chinese	‹ gjew ›	‹ muwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-k](r)aw/	/*C.mˁok/
English	high, tall	tree, wood
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喬	木
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	10350	9327
Phonetic component	喬	木
Rime group	宵	屋
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	喬	木
Old Chinese	/*ɡrew/	/*moːɡ/

Noun

喬木

1. tree, especially one with a tall, stout trunk

   • 南有喬木，不可休思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南有乔木，不可休思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Nán yǒu qiáomù, bùkě xiū sī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Antonyms

• 灌木叢／灌木丛 (guànmùcóng)
• 灌木 (guànmù)