可畏

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to fear
simp. and trad. (可畏)		可	畏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² wai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-vi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-ùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěwèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-wei⁴
    • Yale: kě-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keewey
    • Palladius: кэвэй (kɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² wai³
    • Yale: hó wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ wɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko` vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-ùi
    • Tâi-lô: khó-uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoyuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	枯我切	於胃切
Baxter	khaX	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/ʔʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/ʔujH/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/ʔiuəiH/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/ĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	wai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  ʔuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  quls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*ʔuj-s/
English	may; acceptable	fear (v.); threaten
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	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7446	12939
Phonetic component	可	畏
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	可	尉
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*quls/

Adjective

可畏

1. dreadful; horrible
2. formidable

Derived terms

• 人言可畏 (rényánkěwèi)
• 夏日可畏
• 後生可畏／后生可畏 (hòushēngkěwèi)