嬉遊

Chinese

		amusement	to roam; travel
trad. (嬉遊/嬉游)		嬉	遊/游
simp. (嬉游)		嬉	游

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ jau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): hĭ-iù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yu²
    • Yale: syī-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyou
    • Palladius: сию (siju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: hēi yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ-iù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁵ ieu⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: xi|xiH yuw

Rime
Character	嬉	嬉	遊
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	許其切	許記切	以周切
Baxter	xi	xiH	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/hɨH/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/hɨH/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/xieH/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/hɨH/	/juw/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/xiəH/	/iu/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/xĭəH/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/xiH/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xì	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	hei3	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯ|qʰlɯs  lu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yóu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[N-]ru/
English	wander about
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	嬉	嬉	遊
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	13409	13421	15546
Phonetic component	喜	喜	斿
Rime group	之	之	幽
Rime subdivision	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	僖	憙	猷
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯ/	/*qʰlɯs/	/*lu/
Notes			同遊

Verb

嬉遊

1. to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
2. to go sightseeing; to stroll about

Synonyms

• (to amuse oneself):

• 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
• 嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
• 玩
• 玩笑 (wánxiào)
• 玩耍 (wánshuǎ)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍笑 (shuǎxiào)
• 遊尞／游尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 遊戲／游戏 (yóuxì)
• 遊玩／游玩 (yóuwán)

 

• (to go sightseeing):

• 周遊／周游 (zhōuyóu) (to travel around)
• 旅行 (lǚxíng)
• 旅遊／旅游 (lǚyóu) (away from one's home for a particular purpose)
• 暢遊／畅游 (chàngyóu) (to enjoy a trip)
• 漫遊／漫游 (mànyóu) (to travel around)
• 觀光／观光 (guānguāng) (to sightsee)
• 走走 (zǒuzǒu) (figurative, colloquial)
• 巡遊／巡游 (xúnyóu) (to sightsee)
• 遊尞／游尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 遊歷／游历 (yóulì) (for inspiration, to enrich oneself, etc.)
• 遊玩／游玩 (yóuwán) (to sightsee)
• 遊覽／游览 (yóulǎn) (to sightsee)
• 遊逛／游逛 (yóuguàng) (to sightsee)
• 遨遊／遨游 (áoyóu) (for pleasure)