欷歔

Chinese

		to sob	to snort
trad. (欷歔)		欷	歔
simp. #(欷歔)		欷	歔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: syī-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiu
    • Palladius: сисюй (sisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ heoi¹
    • Yale: hēi hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+j xjo

Rime
Character	欷	歔
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	香衣切	朽居切
Baxter	xj+j	xjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi/	/hɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi/	/hiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi/	/xiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj/	/hɨə̆/
Li Rong	/xiəi/	/xiɔ/
Wang Li	/xĭəi/	/xĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯i/	/xi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	heoi1

Verb

欷歔

1. (literary) Alternative form of 唏噓／唏嘘 (xīxū, “to sob; to weep”)