棄婦

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	woman
trad. (棄婦)		棄	婦
simp. (弃妇)		弃	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ fu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìfù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: chì-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihfuh
    • Palladius: цифу (cifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ fu⁵
    • Yale: hei fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ fuː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjijH bjuwX

Rime
Character	棄	婦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	詰利切	房久切
Baxter	khjijH	bjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiɪH/	/bɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiH/	/biuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjɪH/	/biəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiH/	/buwX/
Li Rong	/kʰiH/	/biuX/
Wang Li	/kʰiH/	/bĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiH/	/bʱi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì	fòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei3	fau6

Noun

棄婦

1. (literary) deserted wife

Synonyms

• 棄妻／弃妻