仇讎

Chinese

		surname; match; mate surname; match; mate; hatred; animosity; enmity; a rival; an enemy; feud	enmity; feud
trad. (仇讎)		仇	讎
simp. (仇雠)		仇	雠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóuchóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóuchóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóuchóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²-chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu-chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourchour
    • Palladius: чоучоу (čoučou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw dzyuw

Rime
Character	仇	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切	市流切
Baxter	gjuw	dzyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/	/d͡ʑɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/	/d͡ʑiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/	/d͡ʑiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/	/d͡ʑuw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/	/ʑiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/	/ʑĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4	sau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u  [d]u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu  ɡju/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仇	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú	chóu
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuw ›	‹ dzyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)u/	/*[d]u/
English	mate (*n.)	pay back; enemy
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	仇	讎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6944	1515
Phonetic component	九	雔
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	讎
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/	/*ɡju/

Noun

仇讎

1. (literary) enemy; foe

   • 他決心要并無心事一般，倒頭便睡，清晨醒來，毫不改變常態，從容地去尋他不共戴天的仇讎。 [MSC, trad.]
     他决心要并无心事一般，倒头便睡，清晨醒来，毫不改变常态，从容地去寻他不共戴天的仇雠。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, Lu Xun（魯迅）, Forging the Swords（《鑄劍》）, translated in English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

     Tā juéxīn yào bìngwú xīnshì yībān, dǎotóu biàn shuì, qīngchén xǐnglái, háobù gǎibiàn chángtài, cóngróng de qù xún tā bùgòngdàitiān de chóuchóu. [Pinyin]

     He determined to act as if nothing were on his mind, to fall straight asleep, to wake the next morning as usual, and then to set out confidently in search of his mortal foe.

Synonyms

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• 仇人 (chóurén)
• 仇家 (chóujiā)
• 仇敵／仇敌 (chóudí)
• 寇仇 (kòuchóu) (literary)
• 對頭／对头 (duìtou)
• 對頭子／对头子 (Pingxiang Gan)
• 敵人／敌人 (dírén)

 

Antonyms

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• 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu) (literary)
• 友人 (yǒurén)
• 捧油 (pěngyóu) (slang)
• 捧由 (pěngyóu) (slang)
• 朋友
• 盆友 (pényǒu) (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 相與／相与 (xiāngyǔ) (literary)