Wiktionary:About Chinese/Characters
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This is a Wiktionary policy, guideline or common practices page. This is a draft proposal. It is unofficial, and it is unknown whether it is widely accepted by Wiktionary editors. |
Policies – Entries: CFI - EL - NORM - NPOV - QUOTE - REDIR - DELETE. Languages: LT - AXX. Others: BLOCK - BOTS - VOTES. |
Standard Chinese
editBasic pronunciation (for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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shi | 濕/湿 | 溼/湿 | |
li | 裡/里 (lǐ) | 裏/里 (lǐ) | |
qun | 群 (qún) | 羣 (qún) | |
chuang | 床 (chuáng) | 牀 (chuáng) | |
wei | 衛/卫 (wèi) | 衞/卫 (wèi) | |
wu | 污 (wū) | 汚 (wū) | |
wei | 為/为 | 爲/为 | |
wei | 偽/伪 (wěi) | 僞/伪 (wěi) | |
pao | 炮 | 砲/炮 | |
mi | 秘 | 祕/秘 | |
mian | 麵/面 (miàn) | 麪/面 (miàn) | |
xuan | 喧 (xuān) | 諠/喧 (xuān) | |
hua | 嘩/哗 | 譁/哗 | |
lin | 鄰/邻 (lín) | 隣/邻 (lín) | |
xian | 線/线 (xiàn) | 綫/线 (xiàn) | |
zhong | 眾/众 | 衆/众 |
Lectal
edit- As a general rule, controversial or fringe 本字 (běnzì) are dispreferred.
Cantonese
editBasic pronunciation (for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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gam2 | 噉 (dàn) | 咁 (hán) | Disambiguation between 噉 (gam2) and 咁 (gam3). |
hai2 | 喺 | 係/系 (xì) | Disambiguation between 喺 (hai2) and 係/系 (hai6). |
ge | 嘅 (kǎi) | 噶 | Traditional orthography; 噶 is a modern phenomenon. |
can | 嚫/𰈍 (chèn) | 親/亲 | |
tim | 添 (tiān) | 㖭 (tiǎn) | |
dei | 哋 (dì) | 地 | |
kei | 企 (qǐ) | 徛 (jì) | However, 徛 (jì) is used in {{zh-dial}} data.
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keoi | 佢 (qú) | 渠 (qú) | 渠 (qú) is no longer common. |
Min
editBasic pronunciation (Hokkien; for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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nang | 人 (rén) | 儂/侬 (nóng) | However, 儂/侬 (nóng) is used in {{zh-dial}} data for distinguishing.
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chhan | 田 (tián) | 塍 (chéng) | |
kha | 跤 (jiāo) | 腳/脚, 骹 | |
m | 毋 (wú); 唔; 伓 | Undecided. 毋 (wú) is generally with Hokkien; 唔 is generally with Teochew; 伓 is generally with Foochow. | |
khia | 徛 (jì) | 企 (qǐ) |