好逑

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	collect; to match
trad. (好逑)		好	逑
simp. #(好逑)		好	逑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎoqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² kau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎocióu
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-chʻiu²
    • Yale: hǎu-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haochyou
    • Palladius: хаоцю (xaocju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² kau⁴
    • Yale: hóu kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xawX gjuw

Rime
Character	好	逑
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼晧切	巨鳩切
Baxter	xawX	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑuX/	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑuX/	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑuX/	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hawX/	/guw/
Li Rong	/xɑuX/	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/xɑuX/	/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɑuX/	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎo	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou2	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤuʔ  ɡ(r)u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰuːʔ  ɡu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	好	逑
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hǎo	qiú
Middle Chinese	‹ xawX ›	‹ gjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁuʔ/	/*ɡ(r)u/
English	good	come together; mate (n.)
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	好	逑
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4913	10562
Phonetic component	好	求
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	好	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*qʰuːʔ/	/*ɡu/
Notes	由女孩子會意美

Noun

好逑

1. (literary) good mate; ideal spouse

   • 窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

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

     Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]

     The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
     For our prince a good mate she.