頡頏

Chinese

		surname; fly upwards; neck	fly down
trad. (頡頏)		頡	頏
simp. (颉颃)		颉	颃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéháng
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-hang²
    • Yale: syé-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeharng
    • Palladius: сехан (sexan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: het khangH

Rime
Character	頡	頏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (87)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡結切	苦浪切
Baxter	het	khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/	/kʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/	/kʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié	kàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit6	hong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːd  ɡaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡	頏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	5687	7380
Phonetic component	吉	亢
Rime group	質	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	纈	航
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːd/	/*ɡaːŋ/

Verb

頡頏

1. (literary) to fly up and down
2. (literary, figurative) to be equally matched; to rival each other
3. Alternative form of 拮抗 (jiékàng)

Derived terms

• 頡頏之行／颉颃之行

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頡	頏
きつ > きっ Hyōgaiji	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 頡頏 – see the following entry.

【拮抗きっこう】 [noun] rivalry [verb] rival, compete

(This term, 頡頏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)