鳧舄

Chinese

	wild duck; to swim	shoe; slipper
trad. (鳧舄)	鳧	舄
simp. (凫舄)	凫	舄
Literally: “duck-as-slipper”.

Etymology

From a story of the Han-era adept Wang Qiao in the Book of the Later Han.

輒有雙鳧從東南飛來。於是候鳧至，舉羅張之，但得一隻舄焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

辄有双凫从东南飞来。于是候凫至，举罗张之，但得一只舄焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

Zhé yǒu shuāng fú cóng dōngnán fēi lái. Yúshì hòu fú zhì, jǔ luó zhāng zhī, dàn dé yī zhī xì yān. [Pinyin]

Thereupon a pair of wild ducks flew in from the southeast. They then waited for the ducks to arrive and raised a net to capture them, but all they obtained was a slipper.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúxì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúsì
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-hsi⁴
  - Yale: fú-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushih
  - Palladius: фуси (fusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

鳧舄

(literary) adeptal magical arts