半規

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	compass; rule
trad. (半規)		半	規
simp. (半规)		半	规

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànguei
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-kuei¹
    • Yale: bàn-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannguei
    • Palladius: баньгуй (banʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ kwai¹
    • Yale: bun kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: panH kjwie

Rime
Character	半	規
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博慢切	居隋切
Baxter	panH	kjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑnH/	/kiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑnH/	/kʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑnH/	/kjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwanH/	/kwiə̆/
Li Rong	/puɑnH/	/kiue/
Wang Li	/puɑnH/	/kǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑnH/	/kwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun3	gwai1

Noun

半規

1. (literary) semicircle
2. (literary, figuratively) half of the sun or the moon

Derived terms

• 半規管／半规管 (bànguīguǎn)