起居

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	reside
trad. (起居)		起	居
simp. #(起居)		起	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-kir / khí-ku / khí-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chü¹
    • Yale: chǐ-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijiu
    • Palladius: цицзюй (ciczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² geoi¹
    • Yale: héi gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-kir
    • Tâi-lô: khí-kir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ku
    • Tâi-lô: khí-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'kw
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ki
    • Tâi-lô: khí-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'ky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

起居

1. activities and rest; daily life

   • 對老年人來說，養成良好的起居習慣，尤其是早睡早起，比獲得任何財富更加寶貴。 [MSC, trad.]
     对老年人来说，养成良好的起居习惯，尤其是早睡早起，比获得任何财富更加宝贵。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 葡昭和 (Pu Zhaohe), 贈你四味長壽藥 (Gift of Four Flavors of Long-life Elixir)

     Duì lǎoniánrén lái shuō, yǎngchéng liánghǎo de qǐjū xíguàn, yóuqí shì zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ, bǐ huòdé rènhé cáifù gèngjiā bǎoguì. [Pinyin]

     To the elderly, building good daily life habits, especially being early to bed and early to rise, is more treasured than the attainment of any material wealth.

Synonyms

• 日常 (rìcháng) (neologism, slang)
• 日常生活 (rìcháng shēnghuó)

 

Verb

起居

1. (historical) to give one's regards to; to pay respect to somebody

Synonyms

• 咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 問候／问候 (wènhòu)
• 問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
• 問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
• 問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)