高椅

Chinese

		high; tall	chair
simp. and trad. (高椅)		高	椅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāoyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ji²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ in²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-i³
    • Yale: gāu-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyii
    • Palladius: гаои (gaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ji²
    • Yale: gōu yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao¹ in²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau íⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ ĩ⁵²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 高椅

1. (兒童～／儿童～, 嬰兒～／婴儿～) highchair (elevated chair used for feeding babies)
2. (Teochew) armchair; chair

Descendants

• → Thai: เก้าอี้ (gâo-îi)
• → Lao: ເກົ້າອີ້ (kao ʼī)
• → Khmer: កៅអី (kawʼəy)

References

• Duffus, William (1883) “chair”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 39