奇功

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment
simp. and trad. (奇功)		奇	功

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qígōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qígōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cígong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-kung¹
    • Yale: chí-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyigong
    • Palladius: цигун (cigun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: kèih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gje kuwng

Rime
Character	奇	功
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	渠羈切	古紅切
Baxter	gje	kuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇ/	/kuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛ/	/kuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɛ/	/kuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiə̆/	/kəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡje/	/kuŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/kuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/kuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	gung1

Noun

奇功

1. (archaic) an extraordinary accomplishment

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奇功):

• → Vietnamese: kì công (奇功)