欷歔

Chinese

		to sob	to snort
simp. and trad. (欷歔)		欷	歔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīxū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ heoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄒㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sisyu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ heoi¹
  - Yale: hēi hēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ hoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ hêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hɨi hɨʌ/▼

Rime
Character	欷	歔
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	香衣切	朽居切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi/	/hɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi/	/hiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi/	/xiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj/	/hɨə̆/
Li Rong	/xiəi/	/xiɔ/
Wang Li	/xĭəi/	/xĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯i/	/xi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xū

Verb

欷歔

(literary) Alternative form of 唏噓／唏嘘 (xīxū, “to sob; to weep”).

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