熒惑

See also: 荧惑

Chinese

		glimmer; glimmering; dazzling glimmer; glimmering; dazzling; perplexed; {{taxfmt|Polygonatum odoratum|species}} (syn. P. officinale)	confuse
trad. (熒惑)		熒	惑
simp. (荧惑)		荧	惑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínghuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ waak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuò
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-huo⁴
    • Yale: yíng-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoh
    • Palladius: инхо (inxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ waak⁶
    • Yale: yìhng waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ waːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hweng hwok

Rime
Character	熒	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (126)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	戸扃切	胡國切
Baxter	hweng	hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweŋ/	/ɦwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeŋ/	/ɦʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjŋ/	/ɦwək̚/
Li Rong	/ɣueŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiweŋ/	/ɣuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweŋ/	/ɣwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xióng	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wing4	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N]-qʷˤeŋ  [ɢ]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːŋ  ɡʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熒	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng	huò
Middle Chinese	‹ hweng ›	‹ hwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[N]-qʷˁeŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁək/
English	dazzle	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	熒	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15386	5549
Phonetic component	熒	或
Rime group	耕	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	熒	或
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeːŋ/	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/

Proper noun

熒惑

1. (historical astronomy) Mars (fourth planet in the solar system)

Synonyms

• 火星 (Huǒxīng)
• 熒惑星／荧惑星

Verb

熒惑

1. (literary) to confuse; to delude

   alt. forms: 營或／营或, 營惑／营惑

   • 夫蘇秦、張儀，熒惑諸侯，傾覆萬乘，使人失其所恃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫苏秦、张仪，荧惑诸侯，倾覆万乘，使人失其所恃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huan Kuan, Discourses on Salt and Iron, c. 1^st century BCE

     Fú Sū Qín, Zhāng Yí, yínghuò zhūhóu, qīngfù wànshèng, shǐ rén shī qí suǒ shì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 迷惑 (míhuò)