窮奇

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
trad. (窮奇)		窮	奇
simp. (穷奇)		穷	奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiông-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chʻi²
    • Yale: chyúng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongchyi
    • Palladius: цюнци (cjunci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: kùhng kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-kî
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongkii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ki²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuwng gje

Rime
Character	窮	奇
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠弓切	渠羈切
Baxter	gjuwng	gje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuŋ/	/ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guwŋ/	/gjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡje/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuŋ/	/ɡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯uŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kung4	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)uŋ|m-[ɡ](r)uŋ  N-k(r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuŋ  ɡral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窮	窮	奇
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qióng	qióng	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuwng ›	‹ gjuwng ›	‹ gje ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)uŋ/	/*m-[ɡ](r)uŋ/	/*N-k(r)aj/
English	poor	exhaust	strange
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窮	奇
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	4145	9997
Phonetic component	躬	奇
Rime group	終	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	窮	竒
Old Chinese	/*ɡuŋ/	/*ɡral/

Noun

窮奇

1. (Chinese mythology) qiongqi (a legendary creature)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (窮奇):

• → Japanese: 窮(きゅう)奇(き) (kyūki)
• → Korean: 궁기(窮奇) (gunggi)
• → Vietnamese: Cùng Kỳ (窮奇)