鵲河

Chinese

		magpie	river
trad. (鵲河)		鵲	河
simp. (鹊河)		鹊	河

Etymology

From the Chinese folktale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, in which a flock of magpies would form a bridge across the Silver River (the Milky Way Galaxy) to reunite the two once a year.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quèhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ ho⁴ / zoek³ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèhé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-ho²
    • Yale: chywè-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehher
    • Palladius: цюэхэ (cjuexɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coek³ ho⁴ / zoek³ ho⁴
    • Yale: cheuk hòh / jeuk hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ ho⁴ / dzoek⁸ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ ho⁴ / zêg³ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːk̚³ hɔː²¹/, /t͡sœːk̚³ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjak ha

Rime
Character	鵲	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	七雀切	胡歌切
Baxter	tshjak	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨɐk̚/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɐk̚/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiɑk̚/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨak̚/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiak̚/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭak̚/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ak̚/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	que	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coek3	ho4

Noun

鵲河

1. (literary) Milky Way