醯醢

Chinese

		vinegar	minced meat; pickled meat
trad. (醯醢)		醯	醢
simp. #(醯醢)		醯	醢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hai³
    • Yale: syī-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihae
    • Palladius: сихай (sixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ hoi²
    • Yale: hēi hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xej xojX

Rime
Character	醯	醢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	呼雞切	呼改切
Baxter	xej	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hei/	/hʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/hei/	/həiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛi/	/xɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛj/	/həjX/
Li Rong	/xei/	/xᴀiX/
Wang Li	/xiei/	/xɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiei/	/xɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai1	hoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰeː  qʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醯	醢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13349	15592
Phonetic component	醯	又
Rime group	支	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	醯	海
Old Chinese	/*qʰeː/	/*qʰɯːʔ/

Noun

醯醢

1. a kind of fish paste
2. condiments in general
3. mincing the criminal (a type of punishment in imperial China)