盱眙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (盱眙)		盱	眙

Etymology

Possibly from a historical Kra-Dai language spoken in what was once the Kingdom of Wu, literally "good road", based on textual, grammatical, and phonetic evidences (Zhengzhang, 1990):

• 眙 (OC *lɯ) – "good": cf. Siba Mulam [Term?] (/⁠ʔi˦˨⁠/), Southern Kam [Term?] (/⁠lai˥˥⁠/), Qabiao [Term?] (/⁠(lăŋ˥˥).ʔăj˥˥⁠/); Thai ดี (dii), etc.;
• 盱 (OC *qʰʷa) – "road; path", < alternative transcription 緩 (OC *ɢʷaːnʔ): cf. Siba Mulam [Term?] (/⁠kʰwən˦˨⁠/) Southern Kam [Term?] (/⁠kʰwən˧˥⁠/), Qabiao [Term?] (/⁠xɒn˥˥⁠/); Thai หน (hǒn), Zhuang roen (/⁠ɣon˨˦⁠/), etc.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syuyí
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü¹-i²
    • Yale: Syū-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiuyi
    • Palladius: Сюйи (Sjuji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: hēui yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xju yi

Rime
Character	盱	眙
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	況于切	與之切
Baxter	xju	yi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨo/	/jɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/hio/	/jɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/xio/	/ie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆/	/jɨ/
Li Rong	/xio/	/iə/
Wang Li	/xĭu/	/jĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯u/	/i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷa  lɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盱	眙
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	15695	12296
Phonetic component	于	台
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	訏	飴
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷa/	/*lɯ/

Proper noun

盱眙

1. (～縣) Xuyi (a county of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China)