形單影隻

Chinese

		to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape	bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
trad. (形單影隻)		形	單	影	隻
simp. (形单影只)		形	单	影	只

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngdānyǐngzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ ㄧㄥˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ daan¹ jing² zek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngdānyǐngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ ㄧㄥˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngdanyǐngjhih
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-tan¹-ying³-chih¹
    • Yale: syíng-dān-yǐng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngdanyiingjy
    • Palladius: синданьинчжи (sindanʹinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ tän⁵⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ daan¹ jing² zek³
    • Yale: yìhng dāan yíng jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ daan¹ jing² dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ dan¹ ying² zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ taːn⁵⁵ jɪŋ³⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: heng tan 'jaengX tsyek

Rime
Character	形	單	影	隻
Reading #	1/1	1/4	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	端 (5)	影 (34)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	寒 (61)	庚 (111)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I	III	III
Fanqie	戸經切	都寒切	於丙切	之石切
Baxter	heng	tan	'jaengX	tsyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeŋ/	/tɑn/	/ʔˠiæŋX/	/t͡ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeŋ/	/tɑn/	/ʔᵚiaŋX/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛŋ/	/tɑn/	/ʔiaŋX/	/t͡ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjŋ/	/tan/	/ʔiajŋX/	/ciajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣeŋ/	/tɑn/	/ʔiɐŋX/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣieŋ/	/tɑn/	/ĭɐŋX/	/t͡ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣieŋ/	/tɑn/	/ʔi̯ɐŋX/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xíng	dān	yǐng	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4	daan1	jing2	zik1

Idiom

形單影隻

1. lonely

Synonyms

• 形隻影單／形只影单 (xíngzhīyǐngdān)