耿耿

Chinese

		bright	bright
simp. and trad. (耿耿)		耿	耿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěnggěng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² gang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gěnggěng [Phonetic: génggěng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geenggeeng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang² gang²
  - Yale: gáng gáng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang² gang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng² geng²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kɐŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kˠɛŋ^X kˠɛŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古幸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kæŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ [k]ˤreŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ kreːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/
English	brilliant; wide awake
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	耿
Reading #	1/1
No.	3989
Phonetic component	耿
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	耿
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/

Adjective

耿耿

(ideophonic) bright; shining
(ideophonic) loyal; faithful; dedicated
(ideophonic) having things on one's mind; troubled; disquieted; vexed

Derived terms

忠心耿耿 (zhōngxīn gěnggěng)
此心耿耿
清耿耿
耿耿在心
耿耿在懷／耿耿在怀

耿耿寸心
耿耿忠心
耿耿於心／耿耿于心
耿耿於懷／耿耿于怀
耿耿此心

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