沆瀣

Chinese

		a ferry; fog; flowing	mist; vapour
simp. and trad. (沆瀣)		沆	瀣
alternative forms		沆溉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàngxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁶ haai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàngxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàngsiè
    • Wade–Giles: hang⁴-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: hàng-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanqshieh
    • Palladius: хансе (xanse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁶ haai⁶
    • Yale: hohng haaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁶ haai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁶ hai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²² haːi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: hangX heajH|hojH

Rime
Character	沆	瀣	瀣
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	皆 (33)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II	I
Fanqie	胡朗切	胡介切	胡槩切
Baxter	hangX	heajH	hojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋX/	/ɦˠɛiH/	/ɦʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋX/	/ɦᵚæiH/	/ɦəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋX/	/ɣɐiH/	/ɣɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋX/	/ɦəɨjH/	/ɦəjH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋX/	/ɣɛiH/	/ɣᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋX/	/ɣɐiH/	/ɣɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋX/	/ɣăiH/	/ɣɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàng	xiè	hài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong6	haai6	hoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋʔ  ɡɯːds|ɡrɯːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沆	瀣	瀣
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
No.	7390	13793	13794
Phonetic component	亢	韰	韰
Rime group	陽	代	隊
Rime subdivision	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	沆	瀣	械
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋʔ/	/*ɡɯːds/	/*ɡrɯːds/
Notes		見楚辭遠遊	見遠遊

Idiom

沆瀣

1. (literary) misty fog
2. (literary) to act in collusion

Derived terms

• 沆瀣一氣／沆瀣一气 (hàngxièyīqì)