翕侯

Chinese

		agree	marquis
trad. (翕侯)		翕	侯
simp. #(翕侯)		翕	侯
alternative forms		翖侯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄏㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hou²
    • Yale: syī-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihour
    • Palladius: сихоу (sixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xip huw

Rime
Character	翕	侯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	許及切	戸鉤切
Baxter	xip	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiɪp̚/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚip̚/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiep̚/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjip̚/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/xjəp̚/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/xĭĕp̚/	/ɣəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯əp̚/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap1	hau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)[ə]p  [ɡ]ˤ(r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrub  ɡoː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翕	翕	侯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xì	xì	hóu
Middle Chinese	‹ xip ›	‹ xip ›	‹ huw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)[ə]p/	/*qʰ(r)[ə]p/	/*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/
English	united, harmonious	draw in; inhale	feudal lord
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	翕	侯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5004	5139
Phonetic component	合	侯
Rime group	緝	侯
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	吸
Old Chinese	/*qʰrub/	/*ɡoː/
Notes		矦隸變

Noun

翕侯

1. (historical) A title held by leaders of ancient states to the west of China. (probably) Yabghu.

   • 凡五翕侯，皆屬大月氏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡五翕侯，皆属大月氏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Fán wǔ xīhóu, jiē shǔ dàyuèzhī. [Pinyin]

     All five xihou belonged to the Greater Yuezhi.

See also

• 葉護／叶护 (yèhù)