果決

Chinese

		fruit; result	breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (果決)		果	決
simp. (果决)		果	决

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǒjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo² kyut³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gua² guag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǒjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǒjyué
    • Wade–Giles: kuo³-chüeh²
    • Yale: gwǒ-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guoojyue
    • Palladius: гоцзюэ (goczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo² kyut³
    • Yale: gwó kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo² kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo² küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gua² guag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuá kuak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵²⁻³⁵ kuak̚²/

Note: gua2 guag4 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: kwaX kwet

Rime
Character	果	決
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古火切	古穴切
Baxter	kwaX	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑX/	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kuɑX/	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑX/	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaX/	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑX/	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑX/	/kiwet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑX/	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǒ	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwo2	gyut3

Adjective

果決

1. firm and resolute; unwavering

Antonyms

• (literary) 不果 (bùguǒ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (果決):

• → Vietnamese: quả quyết (果決)