區宇

Chinese

		area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname	room; universe
trad. (區宇)		區	宇
simp. (区宇)		区	宇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-yü³
    • Yale: chyū-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuyeu
    • Palladius: цюйюй (cjujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: khju|'uw hjuX

Rime
Character	區	區	宇
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	影 (34)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	豈俱切	烏侯切	王矩切
Baxter	khju	'uw	hjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/	/ʔəu/	/ɦɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/	/ʔəu/	/ɦioX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/	/ʔəu/	/ɣioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/	/ʔəw/	/ɦuə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰio/	/ʔu/	/ɣioX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/	/əu/	/ɣĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/	/ʔə̯u/	/i̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū	ōu	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	au1	jyu5

Noun

區宇

1. (literary) territory; domain; reach; frontier
2. (literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven

Synonyms

• (territory):

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• 國土 / 国土 (guótǔ) (of a country)
• 國界 / 国界 (guójiè) (national boundary)
• 土地
• 境界 (jìngjiè)
• 幅員 / 幅员 (fúyuán)
• 提封 (tífēng) (literary)
• 版圖 / 版图 (bǎntú)
• 版籍 (bǎnjí) (literary)
• 疆土 (jiāngtǔ) (of a country)
• 疆域 (jiāngyù)
• 疆理 (jiānglǐ) (literary)
• 疆界 (jiāngjiè)
• 領土 / 领土 (lǐngtǔ)
• 領地 / 领地 (lǐngdì)

• (the world):

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• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 四國 / 四国 (sìguó) (literary)
• 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
• 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
• 宇內 / 宇内 (yǔnèi) (literary, figurative)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)