奇跡

See also: 奇迹

Contents

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (奇跡/奇蹟)		奇	跡/蹟
simp. (奇迹)		奇	迹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíjì, qíjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ zik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chiak
• Min Nan (POJ): kî-chiak / kî-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Pinyin: qíjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qíjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiji
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ zik¹
    • Yale: kèih jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ jig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ jiag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² jiag⁵
    • IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ak̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-chek
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kizeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

奇跡

1. miracle
2. wonder; marvel

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	跡
き Grade: S	せき Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 奇蹟

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 奇跡 (gje + tsjek, literally “strange + footprint, traces”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きせき [kìsékí] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) きせ​き [kìséꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi̥se̞kʲi]

Noun

奇跡 (hiragana きせき, rōmaji kiseki)

1. miracle

   奇跡 (きせき)を起 (お)こす

   kiseki o okosu

   to bring about a miracle

Derived terms

• 奇跡劇 (きせきげき) (kisekigeki, “miracle play”)
• 奇跡的 (きせきてき) (kisekiteki, “miraculous”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.