醉

See also: 酔

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsuds): semantic 酉 ‎(“wine”) + phonetic 卒 ‎(OC *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud), related to 啐 ‎(“to taste, to drink”)

Han character

醉 (radical 164 酉+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜人十 (MWYOJ), four-corner 1064₈, composition ⿰酉卒)

References

• KangXi: page 1284, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39906
• Dae Jaweon: page 1784, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3587, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9189

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		醉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuì (zui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chui
• Min Nan (POJ): chùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tsui⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuey
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³
    • Yale: jeui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoei³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui
    • Hakka Romanization System: zui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zui⁴
    • IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siuɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	醉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	將遂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swiH/
Li Rong	/t͡suiH/
Wang Li	/t͡swiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡swiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə.tsu[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsuds/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	醉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tswijH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.tsu[t]-s/
English	drunk (adj.)
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	醉
Reading #	1/1
No.	17943
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	醉
Old Chinese	/*ʔsuds/

Adjective

醉

1. drunk; intoxicated
2. addicted to

   醉心 (zuìxīn)

3. marinated in wine

   醉蝦／醉虾 (zuìxiā)

References

• Wenlin 3.0 (Mandarin/English)

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Japanese

Kanji

醉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: すい (sui)
• Kun: よう (you)

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Korean

Hanja

醉 • ‎(chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醉 (túy, tuý, tuý, xuý)

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