姽嫿

Chinese

		quiet and nice	tranquil
trad. (姽嫿)		姽	嫿
simp. (姽婳)		姽	婳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² waak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuah
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² waak⁶
  - Yale: gwái waahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² waak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² wag⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ wäːk̚²/

Middle Chinese: /kˠiuᴇ^X ɦˠwɛk̚/▼

Rime
Character	姽	嫿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	麥 (120)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	過委切	胡麥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇ^X/	/ɦˠwɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛ^X/	/ɦʷᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛ^X/	/ɣuɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆^X/	/ɦwəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kjue^X/	/ɣuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kǐwe^X/	/ɣwæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯^X/	/ɣwæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ	huó

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ ɡʷreːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姽	嫿
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12775	5336
Phonetic component	危	畫
Rime group	歌	錫
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	詭	獲
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/	/*ɡʷreːɡ/

Adjective

姽嫿

(literary, ideophonic) gentle and refined
- 素質幹之醲實兮，志解泰而體閑。既姽嫿於幽靜兮，又婆娑乎人間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  素质干之醲实兮，志解泰而体闲。既姽婳于幽静兮，又婆娑乎人间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Warring States period, Song Yu, 《神女賦》 (A Fu on the Divine Lady), translation from 《古文观止选译》 (2005)
  Sù zhìgàn zhī nóngshí xī, zhì jiětài ér tǐxián. Jì guǐhuà yú yōujìng xī, yòu pósuō hū rénjiān. [Pinyin]
  In caliber of mind, plain, richly endowed,
  She is full of candour, broad and mild in line.
  Keeping herself serene in solitude high,
  She hustleth yet amongst our mundane kind.

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