奇跡

See also: 奇迹

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (奇跡/奇蹟)		奇	跡/蹟
simp. (奇迹)		奇	迹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíjì, qíjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ zik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-chiak
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-chek / kî-chiak / kî-jiah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ ziah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíjì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chi⁴
    • Yale: chí-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijih
    • Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíji
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chi¹
    • Yale: chí-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiji
    • Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ zik¹
    • Yale: kèih jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-chiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ jiag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² jiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ t͡si̯ak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-chek
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kizeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-jiah
    • Tâi-lô: kî-jiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kijiaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ ziaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ ziah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî tsiah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaʔ²/

Noun

奇跡

1. miracle
2. wonder; marvel

   世界七大奇跡／世界七大奇迹  ―  shìjiè qī dà qíjì  ―  the Seven Wonders of the World

Synonyms

• (miracle): (chiefly Christianity) 神跡／神迹 (shénjì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奇跡):

• → Japanese: 奇(き)跡(せき) (kiseki)
• → Korean: 기적(奇跡) (gijeok)
• → Vietnamese: kì tích (奇跡)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	跡
き Grade: S	せき Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
奇蹟

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 奇跡 / 奇迹 (gje + tsjek, literally “strange + footprint, traces”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きせき [kìsékí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きせき [kìséꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥se̞kʲi]

Noun

奇(き)跡(せき) • (kiseki) 

1. miracle

   奇(き)跡(せき)を起(お)こす

   kiseki o okosu

   to bring about a miracle

Derived terms

• 奇(き)跡(せき)劇(げき) (kisekigeki, “miracle play”)
• 奇(き)跡(せき)的(てき) (kisekiteki, “miraculous”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
奇	跡

Noun

奇跡 • (gijeok) (hangeul 기적)

1. hanja form^? of 기적 (“miracle”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奇	跡

Noun

奇跡

1. chữ Hán form of kì tích (“miracle”).