騤騤

Chinese

		powerful; strong	powerful; strong
trad. (騤騤)		騤	騤
simp. (骙骙)		骙	骙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuíkuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuíkuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéikuéi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²-kʻuei²
    • Yale: kwéi-kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kweikwei
    • Palladius: куйкуй (kujkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴ kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴ kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹ kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gwij gwij

Rime
Character	騤
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠追切
Baxter	gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi/
Li Rong	/ɡjui/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷril  ɡʷril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騤
Reading #	1/2
No.	4651
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	逵
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷril/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

Adjective

騤騤

1. (literary, of a horse) majestic; vigorous

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 騤騤 – see 睽睽 (“wide open and staring”). (This term is an obsolete form of 睽睽).