若其

Chinese

		to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)
trad. (若其)		若	其
simp. #(若其)		若	其

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruòqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruòqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruòcí
    • Wade–Giles: jo⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: rwò-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruohchyi
    • Palladius: жоци (žoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: yeuhk kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyak gi

Rime
Character	若	其
Reading #	3/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而灼切	渠之切
Baxter	nyak	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐk̚/	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐk̚/	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑk̚/	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨak̚/	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/ȵiak̚/	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭak̚/	/ɡĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ak̚/	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruò	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nak  ɡə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaɡ  ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	若	若	其	其
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ruò	ruò	qí	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ nyak ›	‹ nyak ›	‹ gi ›	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*nak/	/*nak/	/*ɡə/	/*ɡə/
English	you	agree	modal particle	(3p possessive)
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	若	其
Reading #	3/3	2/2
No.	10940	9947
Phonetic component	若	其
Rime group	鐸	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	若	其
Old Chinese	/*njaɡ/	/*ɡɯ/
Notes	叒加口轉註

Conjunction

若其

1. (archaic) if