婕妤

Chinese

		handsome	handsome; fair
trad. (婕妤)		婕	妤
simp. #(婕妤)		婕	妤
alternative forms		倢伃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ jyu⁴ / zip³ jyu⁴ / zit⁶ jyu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕk-ṳ̀

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéyú
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-yü²
    • Yale: jyé-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeyu
    • Palladius: цзеюй (czejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 節餘／节余 結餘／结余

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ jyu⁴ / zip³ jyu⁴ / zit⁶ jyu⁴
    • Yale: jit yùh / jip yùh / jiht yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ jy⁴ / dzip⁸ jy⁴ / dzit⁹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ yu⁴ / jib³ yu⁴ / jid⁶ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ jyː²¹/, /t͡siːp̚³ jyː²¹/, /t͡siːt̚² jyː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕk-ṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieʔ⁵⁻³³ y⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjep yo

Rime
Character	婕	妤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即葉切	以諸切
Baxter	tsjep	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇp̚/	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛp̚/	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæp̚/	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siap̚/	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛp̚/	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛp̚/	/jĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛp̚/	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zip3	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseb  la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婕	妤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6448	15736
Phonetic component	疌	予
Rime group	盍	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	接	余
Old Chinese	/*ʔseb/	/*la/

Noun

婕妤

1. (historical) jieyu; "favoured beauty" (a title given to a concubine)