疑惑

Chinese

		to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	confuse
trad. (疑惑)		疑	惑
simp. #(疑惑)		疑	惑
anagram		惑疑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ waak⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì-fe̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gî-hia̍k / gî-he̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíhuò
    • Wade–Giles: i²-huo⁴
    • Yale: yí-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihuoh
    • Palladius: ихо (ixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ waak⁶
    • Yale: yìh waahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ waak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ wag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ waːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-fe̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi^ˇ fed
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi¹¹ fet̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gî-hia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi'hiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² hiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gî-hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi'hek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi¹³⁻²² hiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi²³⁻³³ hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²⁴⁻²² hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngi hwok

Rime
Character	疑	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	語其切	胡國切
Baxter	ngi	hwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨ/	/ɦwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨ/	/ɦʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋie/	/ɣuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨ/	/ɦwək̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiə/	/ɣuək̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭə/	/ɣuək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi/	/ɣwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4	wak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)ə  [ɢ]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯ  ɡʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	疑	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí	huò
Middle Chinese	‹ ngi ›	‹ hwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ə/ (< uvular)	/*[ɢ]ʷˁək/
English	doubt	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	疑	惑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14894	5549
Phonetic component	疑	或
Rime group	之	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	疑	或
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯ/	/*ɡʷɯːɡ/
Notes	甲金文象人行道回顧遲疑狀， 金文或加牛聲後訛爲子， 非矢聲

Verb

疑惑

1. to feel perplexed; to not understand
2. to feel uncertain; to not be convinced

Synonyms

• (to feel uncertain):

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• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 心存疑惑 (xīncún yíhuò)
• 思疑 (sīyí) (literary)
• 惑疑 (hueh⁴ i¹) (Jin)
• 憢疑／𢙒疑 (Hokkien)
• 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí)
• 狐疑 (húyí)
• 猜疑 (cāiyí)
• 疑乎 (nyi² fu²) (Sichuanese)
• 疑心 (yíxīn)
• 疑騃／疑𫘤 (Hokkien)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)

 

Noun

疑惑

1. puzzlement; question
2. suspicion; doubt; misgivings

   一肚子疑惑  ―  yīdùzi yíhuò  ―  a great deal of doubt

Synonyms

• (doubt):

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• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫌疑 (xiányí)
• 惑志 (huòzhì) (literary)
• 狐疑 (húyí)
• 疑心 (yíxīn)
• 疑義／疑义 (yíyì)

 

Related terms

• 困惑 (kùnhuò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
疑	惑
ぎ Grade: 6	わく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎわく [gìwákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲiβ̞a̠kɯ̟]

Noun

疑(ぎ)惑(わく) • (giwaku) 

1. doubt, suspicion

Korean

Hanja in this term
疑	惑

Noun

疑惑 • (uihok) (hangeul 의혹)

1. hanja form^? of 의혹

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
疑	惑

Noun

疑惑

1. chữ Hán form of nghi hoặc.