偕偕

Chinese

		in company with	in company with
trad. (偕偕)		偕	偕
simp. #(偕偕)		偕	偕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siésié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-hsieh²
    • Yale: syé-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeshye
    • Palladius: сесе (sese)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤrij  kˤrij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːl  kriːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	偕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xié
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁrij/
English	together
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	偕
Reading #	1/1
No.	6416
Phonetic component	皆
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	皆
Old Chinese	/*kriːl/

Adjective

偕偕

1. (literary, obsolete) strong

   • 偕偕士子、朝夕從事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     偕偕士子、朝夕从事。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xiéxié shìzǐ, zhāoxī cóngshì. [Pinyin]

     An officer, strong and vigorous,
     Morning and evening I am engaged in service.