徑須

Chinese

		path	necessary; must; need
trad. (徑須)		徑	須
simp. (径须)		径	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngsyu
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: jìng-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqshiu
    • Palladius: цзинсюй (czinsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ seoi¹
    • Yale: ging sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kengH sju

Rime
Character	徑	須
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古定切	相俞切
Baxter	kengH	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋH/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋH/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋH/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋH/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/keŋH/	/sio/
Wang Li	/kieŋH/	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋH/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging3	seoi1

Verb

徑須

1. (literary) should (at once)

   • 主人何為言少錢，徑須沽取對君酌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 752, 李白, 《將進酒》

     Zhǔrén héwèi yán shǎo qián, jìngxū gūqǔ duì jūn zhuó. [Pinyin]

     Why would a host speak of having little money? You must go to buy wine right away, and I'll drink with you.

Synonyms

• 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在得 (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜 (yí)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng)
• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 會須／会须 (huìxū) (literary)
• 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
• 理當／理当 (lǐdāng)
• 當／当 (literary)
• 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
• 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)