蚩尤

Chinese

		surname; ignorant; worm	outstanding; particularly; especially
trad. (蚩尤)		蚩	尤
simp. #(蚩尤)		蚩	尤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chīyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ jau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹ iu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chīyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chihyóu
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih¹-yu²
    • Yale: Chr̄-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyyou
    • Palladius: Чию (Čiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ jau⁴
    • Yale: chī yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci¹ iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³⁻²³ iu⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhi hjuw

Rime
Character	蚩	尤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	赤之切	羽求切
Baxter	tsyhi	hjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨ/	/ɦɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰɨ/	/ɦiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰie/	/ɣiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨ/	/ɦuw/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiə/	/ɣiu/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭə/	/ɣĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjɯ  ɢʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	尤
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yóu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə/
English	fault; even more
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	蚩	尤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17194	15503
Phonetic component	之	尤
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蚩	尤
Old Chinese	/*tʰjɯ/	/*ɢʷɯ/
Notes		甲文象又（手）上加筆指疣

Proper noun

蚩尤

1. (Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚩	尤
し Hyōgaiji	ゆう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕijɯ̟ᵝː]

Proper noun

蚩(し)尤(ゆう) • (Shiyū) 

1. (Chinese mythology) Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蚩	尤

Proper noun

蚩尤 • (Chiu) (hangeul 치우)

1. Hanja form^? of 치우 (“Chiyou”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
蚩	尤

Proper noun

蚩尤

1. chữ Hán form of Xi Vưu (“Chiyou”).