庶幾

Chinese

		nearly; approximately; to hope	almost; approximately
trad. (庶幾)		庶	幾
simp. (庶几)		庶	几

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùji
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: shù-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhji
    • Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³ gei¹
    • Yale: syu gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ki
    • Tâi-lô: sù-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syoH kj+j

Rime
Character	庶	幾
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	居依切
Baxter	syoH	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌH/	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔH/	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔH/	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆H/	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔH/	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/ɕĭoH/	/kĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯woH/	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s  kəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs  kɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	幾
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ syoH ›	‹ kjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*kəj/
English	numerous; commoner	small; almost
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	庶	幾
Reading #	1/1	1/4
No.	11905	5795
Phonetic component	庶	幾
Rime group	暮	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	恕	機
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*kɯl/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文

Adjective

庶幾

1. (literary) similar; about the same
   1. (in particular) good enough, quite good; similar to a state of excellence

      • 王之好樂甚，則齊國其庶幾乎！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        王之好乐甚，则齐国其庶几乎！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

        Wáng zhī hǎo yuè shèn, zé Qí guó qí shùjǐ hū! [Pinyin]

        If the king's love of music is great, the country of Qi would be quite well[-governed]!

      • 「允執厥中」者，堯之所以授舜也。「人心惟危，道心惟微，惟精惟一，允執厥中」者，舜之所以授禹也。
        堯之一言，至矣，盡矣！而舜復益之以三言者，則所以明夫堯之一言，必如是而後可庶幾也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
        「允执厥中」者，尧之所以授舜也。「人心惟危，道心惟微，惟精惟一，允执厥中」者，舜之所以授禹也。
        尧之一言，至矣，尽矣！而舜复益之以三言者，则所以明夫尧之一言，必如是而后可庶几也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

        From: 《中庸章句》, Zhu Xi, 1100s

        “yǔn zhí jué zhōng” zhě, Yáo zhī suǒyǐ shòu Shùn yě. “rénxīn wéi wēi, dàoxīn wéi wēi, wéi jīng wéi yī, yǔn zhí jué zhōng” zhě, Shùn zhī suǒyǐ shòu Yǔ yě.
        Yáo zhī yī yán, zhì yǐ, jìn yǐ! Ér shùn fù yì zhī yǐ sān yán zhě, zé suǒyǐ míng fū yáo zhī yī yán, bì rúshì érhòu kě shùjǐ yě. [Pinyin]

        "Hold fast to the Mean" was what Yao taught to Shun. "Men's hearts are perilous, the Way's heart is trifling; be meticulous, be steadfast, hold fast to the Mean" was what Shun taught to Yu.
        Yao's one saying was fundamental and complete! But Shun added three more sayings to it. The reason was to illuminate that one saying of Yao, [showing that] one must be such in order to approach [Yao's virtue].

Adverb

庶幾

1. (literary) perhaps; maybe; hopefully; expresses speculation, typically with a hopeful nuance.

   • 吾王庶幾無疾病與？何以能鼓樂也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾王庶几无疾病与？何以能鼓乐也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wú wáng shùjǐ wú jíbìng yǔ? Héyǐ néng gǔyuè yě? [Pinyin]

     Could it be that our king is free from sickness? How can he have this music performed?

   • 王庶幾改之，予日望之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王庶几改之，予日望之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng shùjǐ gǎi zhī, yǔ rì wàng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Hopefully the king changes [his mind]. I wish for this every day.

Verb

庶幾

1. (literary) to wish; to hope

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庶	幾
しょ Grade: S	き Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庶幾 (MC syoH kj+j).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kʲi]

Verb

庶(しょ)幾(き)する • (shoki suru) transitive suru (stem 庶(しょ)幾(き)し (shoki shi), past 庶(しょ)幾(き)した (shoki shita))

1. (dated) to wish; to hope

Inflection

Conjugation of "庶幾する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	庶幾し	しょきし	shoki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	庶幾し	しょきし	shoki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	庶幾する	しょきする	shoki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	庶幾する	しょきする	shoki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	庶幾すれ	しょきすれ	shoki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	庶幾せよ¹ 庶幾しろ²	しょきせよ¹ しょきしろ²	shoki seyo¹ shoki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	庶幾される	しょきされる	shoki sareru
Causative	庶幾させる 庶幾さす	しょきさせる しょきさす	shoki saseru shoki sasu
Potential	庶幾できる	しょきできる	shoki dekiru
Volitional	庶幾しよう	しょきしよう	shoki shiyō
Negative	庶幾しない	しょきしない	shoki shinai
Negative continuative	庶幾せず	しょきせず	shoki sezu
Formal	庶幾します	しょきします	shoki shimasu
Perfective	庶幾した	しょきした	shoki shita
Conjunctive	庶幾して	しょきして	shoki shite
Hypothetical conditional	庶幾すれば	しょきすれば	shoki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative