可恃

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	rely upon
trad. (可恃)		可	恃
simp. #(可恃)		可	恃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² ci⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěshìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-shih⁴
    • Yale: kě-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeshyh
    • Palladius: кэши (kɛši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² ci⁵
    • Yale: hó chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰiː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: khaX dzyiX

Rime
Character	可	恃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	枯我切	時止切
Baxter	khaX	dzyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑX/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑX/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑX/	/d͡ʑieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰaX/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Li Rong	/kʰɑX/	/ʑiəX/
Wang Li	/kʰɑX/	/ʑĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑX/	/ʑiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho2	si6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ  [d]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ  djɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	恃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ khaX ›	‹ dzyiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*[d]əʔ/
English	may; acceptable	depend on
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	可	恃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7446	12047
Phonetic component	可	寺
Rime group	歌	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	可	市
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*djɯʔ/

Adjective

可恃

1. (literary) dependable; reliable

Synonyms

• 信實／信实 (xìnshí)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 可靠 (kěkào)
• 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
• 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢牢 (láoláo)
• 牢靠 (láokào)
• 穩妥／稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
• 穩當／稳当
• 穩陣／稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)