See also: 饥渴

Chinese edit

hungry thirsty
trad. (飢渴)
simp. (饥渴)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (29)
Final () (15) (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kjij khat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kiɪ/ /kʰɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ki/ /kʰɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kjɪ/ /kʰɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ki/ /kʰat̚/
Li
Rong
/ki/ /kʰɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/ki/ /kʰɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki/ /kʰɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ke
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1 hot3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kij › ‹ khat ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.k<r>ə[j]/ /*Nə-[k]ʰˁat/
English hungry thirsty

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 5757 5025
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kril/ /*kʰaːd/
Notes

Adjective edit

飢渴

  1. hungry and thirsty
  2. (figurative) ardent; eager
  3. (figurative) having a very strong desire to engage in sexual activities

Derived terms edit