Wiktionary

耿耿

Chinese edit

bright bright
trad. (耿耿) 耿 耿
simp. #(耿耿) 耿 耿

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 耿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古幸切
Baxter keangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kæŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gang2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 耿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gěng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kɛngX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/
English brilliant; wide awake

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 耿
Reading # 1/1
No. 3989
Phonetic
component 		耿
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		耿
Old
Chinese 		/*kreːŋʔ/

Adjective edit

耿耿

  1. (ideophonic) bright; shining
  2. (ideophonic) loyal; faithful; dedicated
  3. (ideophonic) having things on one's mind; troubled; disquieted; vexed

Derived terms edit

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