在握

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	shake hands; to hold; to grasp
simp. and trad. (在握)		在	握

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàiwò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ aak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàiwò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàiwò
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-wo⁴
    • Yale: dzài-wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaywoh
    • Palladius: цзайво (czajvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ aak¹
    • Yale: joih āak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ aak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ ag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² aːk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzojX|dzojH 'aewk

Rime
Character	在	在	握
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	昨宰切	昨代切	於角切
Baxter	dzojX	dzojH	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌiX/	/d͡zʌiH/	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəiX/	/d͡zəiH/	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒiX/	/d͡zɒiH/	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəjX/	/d͡zəjH/	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀiX/	/d͡zᴀiH/	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒiX/	/d͡zɒiH/	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ̆iX/	/d͡zʱɑ̆iH/	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zài	zài	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoi6	zoi6	ok3

Verb

在握

1. to be in one's hands; to be within one's grasp

Adjective

在握

1. confident of success; certain; definite

Synonyms

• 有把握 (yǒu bǎwò)

Derived terms

• 勝券在握 / 胜券在握
• 大權在握 / 大权在握 (dàquánzàiwò)
• 太阿在握
• 左券在握