適逢

Chinese

		to fit; to suit	every time; meet by chance
trad. (適逢)		適	逢
simp. (适逢)		适	逢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ fung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhfóng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-fêng²
    • Yale: shr̀-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhferng
    • Palladius: шифэн (šifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ fung⁴
    • Yale: sīk fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ fʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syek|tsyek|tek bjowng

Rime
Character	適	適	適	逢
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)	端 (5)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	昔 (123)	錫 (127)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV	III
Fanqie	施隻切	之石切	都歷切	符容切
Baxter	syek	tsyek	tek	bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇk̚/	/tek̚/	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/	/tek̚/	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/t͡ɕiæk̚/	/tɛk̚/	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/ciajk̚/	/tɛjk̚/	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/	/tek̚/	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛk̚/	/tiek̚/	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/tiek̚/	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zhi	di	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	zik1	dik1	fung4

Verb

適逢

1. to just happen to coincide with

   • 適逢商風起，羽翼自摧藏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     适逢商风起，羽翼自摧藏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 3^rd century, Ruan Ji, 《詠懷詩五言八十二首》

     Shìféng shāngfēng qǐ, yǔyì zì cuīcáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 適逢其會／适逢其会