告急

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	hurried; worried
trad. (告急)		告	急
simp. #(告急)		告	急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàojí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ gap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-kip / kò-kip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàojí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàojí
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-chi²
    • Yale: gàu-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjyi
    • Palladius: гаоцзи (gaoczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ gap¹
    • Yale: gou gāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ gap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ geb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ kɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-kip
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korkib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-kip
    • Tâi-lô: kò-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirkib
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kawH kip

Rime
Character	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	侵 (142)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古到切	居立切
Baxter	kawH	kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑuH/	/kˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑuH/	/kᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑuH/	/kiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kawH/	/kjip̚/
Li Rong	/kɑuH/	/kjəp̚/
Wang Li	/kɑuH/	/kĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑuH/	/ki̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gào	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou3	gap1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk-s  [k](r)əp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡs  krɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gào	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kawH ›	‹ kip ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁuk-s/	/*[k](r)əp/
English	announce, inform	urgent
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	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3805	5658
Phonetic component	告	及
Rime group	奧	緝
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	誥	急
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡs/	/*krɯb/

Verb

告急

1. (literary) to report an emergency and ask for assistance

Synonyms

• 乞助 (qǐzhù) (literary)
• 搬兵 (bānbīng) (figurative)
• 求助 (qiúzhù)
• 求援 (qiúyuán)