拙荊

Chinese

		awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my	thorns; brambles
trad. (拙荊/拙荆)		拙	荊/荆
simp. (拙荆)		拙	荆

Etymology

From the story of Meng Guang (孟光), the virtuous and hardworking wife of poet Liang Hong (梁鴻) in the Eastern Han dynasty, who had simple dressing with a twig hairpin and coarse cloth skirt.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuōjīng, zhuójīng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛㄐㄧㄥ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut³ ging¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choat-keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuōjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuojing
  - Wade–Giles: cho¹-ching¹
  - Yale: jwō-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juojing
  - Palladius: чжоцзин (čžoczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuójīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuójing
  - Wade–Giles: cho²-ching¹
  - Yale: jwó-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwojing
  - Palladius: чжоцзин (čžoczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut³ ging¹
  - Yale: jyut gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁸ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud³ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚³ kɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat-keng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuat-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoatkefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁵ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsywet kjaeng

Rime
Character	拙	荊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職悅切	舉卿切
Baxter	tsywet	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuᴇt̚/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷiɛt̚/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuæt̚/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwiat̚/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuɛt̚/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuɛt̚/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯wɛt̚/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut³	ging¹

Noun

拙荊

(literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

內人／内人 (nèirén)
內子／内子 (nèizǐ)
山荊／山荆 (shānjīng)
山妻 (shānqī)