罪己

Chinese

		guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (罪己)		罪	己
simp. #(罪己)		罪	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèijǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-chi³
    • Yale: dzwèi-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueyjii
    • Palladius: цзуйцзи (czujczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ gei²
    • Yale: jeuih géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² kei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwojX kiX

Rime
Character	罪	己
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徂賄切	居里切
Baxter	dzwojX	kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuʌiX/	/kɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoiX/	/kɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɒiX/	/kieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwəjX/	/kɨX/
Li Rong	/d͡zuᴀiX/	/kiəX/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɒiX/	/kĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ̆iX/	/kiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤujʔ  k(r)əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zuːlʔ  kɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	罪	己
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuì	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ dzwojX ›	‹ kiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁujʔ/	/*k(r)əʔ/
English	crime, offense	self
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	罪	己
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17981	5765
Phonetic component	罪	己
Rime group	微	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	辠
Old Chinese	/*zuːlʔ/	/*kɯʔ/
Notes	同辠

Verb

罪己

1. (Classical) to take the blame on oneself

   下詔罪己／下诏罪己  ―  xiàzhào zuìjǐ  ―  to issue an imperial edict to take the blame

   • 禹、湯罪己，其興也悖焉；桀、紂罪人，其亡也忽焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     禹、汤罪己，其兴也悖焉；桀、纣罪人，其亡也忽焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǔ, Tāng zuìjǐ, qí xìng yě bó yān; Jié, Zhòu zuìrén, qí wáng yě hū yān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 罪己詔／罪己诏 (zuìjǐzhào)