拙荊

Chinese

		awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my	thorns; brambles
trad. (拙荊/拙荆)		拙	荊/荆
simp. (拙荆)		拙	荆

Etymology

From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuōjīng, zhuójīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄥ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³ ging¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choat-keng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuojing
    • Wade–Giles: cho¹-ching¹
    • Yale: jwō-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juojing
    • Palladius: чжоцзин (čžoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuójīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuójing
    • Wade–Giles: cho²-ching¹
    • Yale: jwó-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwojing
    • Palladius: чжоцзин (čžoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut³ ging¹
    • Yale: jyut gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud³ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat-keng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuat-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoatkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁵ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywet kjaeng

Rime
Character	拙	荊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職悅切	舉卿切
Baxter	tsywet	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇt̚/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛt̚/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæt̚/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwiat̚/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛt̚/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuɛt̚/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛt̚/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut3	ging1

Noun

拙荊

1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

• 內人／内人 (nèirén)
• 內子／内子 (nèizǐ)
• 山荊／山荆 (shānjīng)
• 山妻 (shānqī)