矜誇

Chinese

		boast; esteem; sympathize	to boast
trad. (矜誇/矜夸)		矜	誇/夸
simp. (矜夸)		矜	夸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnkuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnkuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinkua
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kʻua¹
    • Yale: jīn-kwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinkua
    • Palladius: цзинькуа (czinʹkua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: king khwae

Rime
Character	矜	誇
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	居陵切	苦瓜切
Baxter	king	khwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨŋ/	/kʰˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨŋ/	/kʰʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/kieŋ/	/kʰua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiŋ/	/kʰwaɨ/
Li Rong	/kiəŋ/	/kʰua/
Wang Li	/kĭəŋ/	/kʰwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əŋ/	/kʰwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	kuā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging1	faa1

Verb

矜誇

1. (literary) to be conceited and boastful