起居

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	reside
trad. (起居)		起	居
simp. ^#(起居)		起	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐjū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² geoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): khí-kir / khí-ku / khí-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² geoi¹
  - Yale: héi gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² gêu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-kir
  - Tâi-lô: khí-kir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ku
  - Tâi-lô: khí-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'kw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ki
  - Tâi-lô: khí-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'ky
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

起居

activities and rest; daily life
對老年人來說，養成良好的起居習慣，尤其是早睡早起，比獲得任何財富更加寶貴。 [MSC, trad.]
对老年人来说，养成良好的起居习惯，尤其是早睡早起，比获得任何财富更加宝贵。 [MSC, simp.]
From: 葡昭和 (Pu Zhaohe), 贈你四味長壽藥 (Gift of Four Flavors of Long-life Elixir)
Duì lǎoniánrén lái shuō, yǎngchéng liánghǎo de qǐjū xíguàn, yóuqí shì zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ, bǐ huòdé rènhé cáifù gèngjiā bǎoguì. [Pinyin]
To the elderly, building good daily life habits, especially being early to bed and early to rise, is more treasured than the attainment of any material wealth.

Verb

起居

(archaic) to give one's regards to; to pay respect to somebody

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