曦車

Chinese

		light of day	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (曦車)		曦	車
simp. (曦车)		曦	车
Literally: “chariot of Xihe (a solar deity)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄔㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siche
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻê¹
    • Yale: syī-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiche
    • Palladius: сичэ (sičɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xje kjo|tsyhae

Rime
Character	曦	車	車
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	見 (28)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	魚 (22)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	許羈切	九魚切	尺遮切
Baxter	xje	kjo	tsyhae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇ/	/kɨʌ/	/t͡ɕʰia/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛ/	/kiɔ/	/t͡ɕʰia/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɛ/	/kiɔ/	/t͡ɕʰia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjiə̆/	/kɨə̆/	/cʰia/
Li Rong	/xje/	/kiɔ/	/t͡ɕʰia/
Wang Li	/xǐe/	/kĭo/	/t͡ɕʰĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xie̯/	/ki̯wo/	/t͡ɕʰi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	jū	chē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	geoi1	ce1

Noun

曦車

1. (literary) sun