橋梓

Chinese

		bridge	Catalpa kaempferi
trad. (橋梓)		橋	梓
simp. (桥梓)		桥	梓
alternative forms		喬梓／乔梓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáozǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáozǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáozǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chyáu-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyautzyy
    • Palladius: цяоцзы (cjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: gjew tsiX

Rime
Character	橋	梓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨嬌切	即里切
Baxter	gjew	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇu/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛu/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæu/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giaw/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛu/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛu/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛu/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiáo	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kiu4	zi2

Noun

橋梓

1. (literary, figuratively) father and son