窟室

Chinese

		cave; hole	room
trad. (窟室)		窟	室
simp. #(窟室)		窟	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūshì, kūshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ㄕˋ, ㄎㄨ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kushìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: kū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kushyh
    • Palladius: куши (kuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kushǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-shih³
    • Yale: kū-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kushyy
    • Palladius: куши (kuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: khwot syit

Rime
Character	窟	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦骨切	式質切
Baxter	khwot	syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuət̚/	/ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuot̚/	/ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuət̚/	/ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwət̚/	/ɕit̚/
Li Rong	/kʰuət̚/	/ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kʰuət̚/	/ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuət̚/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ku	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fat1	sat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤut  s.ti[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰluːd  hliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窟	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kū	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ khwot ›	‹ syit ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]ˁut/	/*s.ti[t]/
English	cave, hole	chamber; house
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	窟	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1565	17374
Phonetic component	出	至
Rime group	物	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	窟	失
Old Chinese	/*kʰluːd/	/*hliɡ/

Noun

窟室

1. (Classical) basement

Synonyms

• 地下室 (dìxiàshì)
• 地窨子 (dìyìnzi) (colloquial)