惡乎
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Chinese
[edit]phonetic | |||
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trad. (惡乎) | 惡 | 乎 | |
simp. (恶乎) | 恶 | 乎 | |
alternative forms | 惡虖/恶呼 |
Etymology
[edit]Possibly an alternative form of the sequence 於 (OC *qa) 何 (OC *ɡaːl), which is rarely attested, although this may be phonologically problematic (Pulleyblank, 1995).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄏㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wuhu
- Wade–Giles: wu1-hu1
- Yale: wū-hū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uhu
- Palladius: уху (uxu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu1 fu4
- Yale: wū fùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu1 fu4
- Guangdong Romanization: wu1 fu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː⁵⁵ fuː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: 'u hu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qaː ɢaː/
Pronoun
[edit]惡乎
- (literary) how; what; where; apparently equivalent to 於何/于何, which is only rarely found in Classical texts.
- 卒然問曰:「天下惡乎定?」吾對曰:「定于一。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Cùrán wèn yuē: “Tiānxià wūhū dìng?” Wú duì yuē: “Dìng yú yī.” [Pinyin]
- Abruptly he asked me, "How can the kingdom be settled?" I replied, "It will be settled by being united under one sway."
卒然问曰:「天下恶乎定?」吾对曰:「定于一。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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