蟪蛄

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (蟪蛄)		蟪	蛄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìgū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ gu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìgū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèigu
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-ku¹
    • Yale: hwèi-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueygu
    • Palladius: хуэйгу (xuejgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ gu¹
    • Yale: waih gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwejH ku

Rime
Character	蟪	蛄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡桂切	古胡切
Baxter	hwejH	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦweiH/	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷeiH/	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛiH/	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛjH/	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣueiH/	/ko/
Wang Li	/ɣiweiH/	/ku/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiweiH/	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai6	gu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷiːds  kaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟪	蛄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5484	4215
Phonetic component	惠	古
Rime group	至	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	慧	孤
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷiːds/	/*kaː/
Notes	見莊子

Noun

蟪蛄

1. Platypleura kaempferi

   • 朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhāojūn bù zhī huìshuò, huìgū bù zhī chūnqiū, cǐ xiǎonián yě. [Pinyin]

     The mushroom of a morning does not know (what takes place between) the beginning and end of a month; the short-lived cicada does not know (what takes place between) the spring and autumn. These are instances of a short term of life.