猜忌

Chinese

		to guess	avoid as taboo; jealous
trad. (猜忌)		猜	忌
simp. #(猜忌)		猜	忌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāijì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai¹ gei⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhai-kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai¹ gi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāijì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: caijì
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: tsāi-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaijih
    • Palladius: цайцзи (cajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai¹ gei⁶
    • Yale: chāai geih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai¹ gei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai¹ géi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵ kei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhai-kī
    • Tâi-lô: tshai-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'ki
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai³³ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai¹ gi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshai kĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai³³⁻²³ ki³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshoj giH

Rime
Character	猜	忌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	倉才切	渠記切
Baxter	tshoj	giH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi/	/ɡɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi/	/ɡɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi/	/ɡieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj/	/gɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi/	/ɡiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi/	/ɡĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i/	/giH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāi	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi1	gei6

Verb

猜忌

1. to be suspicious and jealous

Synonyms

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• 猜嫌 (cāixián) (formal)
• 疑忌 (yíjì) (literary)