姽嫿

Chinese

		quiet and nice	tranquil
trad. (姽嫿)		姽	嫿
simp. (姽婳)		姽	婳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² waak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěihuà
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-hua⁴
    • Yale: gwěi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuah
    • Palladius: гуйхуа (gujxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² waak⁶
    • Yale: gwái waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ waːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjweX hweak

Rime
Character	姽	嫿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	過委切	胡麥切
Baxter	kjweX	hweak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇX/	/ɦˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛX/	/ɦʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛX/	/ɣuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆X/	/ɦwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kjueX/	/ɣuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kǐweX/	/ɣwæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯X/	/ɣwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai2	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ  ɡʷreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姽	嫿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12775	5336
Phonetic component	危	畫
Rime group	歌	錫
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	詭	獲
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/	/*ɡʷreːɡ/

Adjective

姽嫿

1. (literary, ideophonic) gentle and refined

   • 素質幹之醲實兮，志解泰而體閑。既姽嫿於幽靜兮，又婆娑乎人間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     素质干之𬪩实兮，志解泰而体闲。既姽婳于幽静兮，又婆娑乎人间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Warring States period, Song Yu, 《神女賦》 (A Fu on the Divine Lady), translation from 《古文观止选译》 (2005)

     Sù zhìgàn zhī nóngshí xī, zhì jiětài ér tǐxián. Jì guǐhuà yú yōujìng xī, yòu pósuō hū rénjiān. [Pinyin]

     In caliber of mind, plain, richly endowed,
     She is full of candour, broad and mild in line.
     Keeping herself serene in solitude high,
     She hustleth yet amongst our mundane kind.