惶惑

Chinese

		frightened	confuse
simp. and trad. (惶惑)		惶	惑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánghuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ waak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-khióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánghuò
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-huo⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghuoh
    • Palladius: хуанхо (xuanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 惶惑 黃禍／黄祸

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ waak⁶
    • Yale: wòhng waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ waːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-khióng
    • Tâi-lô: hông-khióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongqiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² kʰiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hwang hwok

Rime
Character	惶	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡光切	胡國切
Baxter	hwang	hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ/	/ɦwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/ɦʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ/	/ɦwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ/	/ɣwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huáng	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong4	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaːŋ  ɡʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	惑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huò
Middle Chinese	‹ hwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁək/
English	deceive
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	惶	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12697	5549
Phonetic component	王	或
Rime group	陽	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	黃	或
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaːŋ/	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/

Adjective

惶惑

1. perplexed and alarmed; apprehensive

Synonyms

• (literary) 惶惶 (huánghuáng)
• (literary) 惶遽 (huángjù)