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覬覦

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See also: 觊觎

Chinese

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covet; long for passionately desire
trad. (覬覦)
simp. (觊觎)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (36) (36)
Final () (17) (24) (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter kijH yu yuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪH/ /jɨo/ /jɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiH/ /jio/ /jioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɪH/ /io/ /ioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjiH/ /juə̆/ /juə̆H/
Li
Rong
/kjiH/ /io/ /ioH/
Wang
Li
/kiH/ /jĭu/ /jĭuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kiH/ /i̯u/ /i̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei3 jyu4 jyu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 10121 15861 15882
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krɯls/ /*lo/ /*los/

Verb

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覬覦

  1. (literary) to covet; to eye greedily
    北冰洋眾多國家覬覦白色世界」。 [MSC, trad.]
    北冰洋众多国家觊觎白色世界」。 [MSC, simp.]
    Běibīngyáng shì yī piàn bèi zhòngduō guójiā suǒ jìyú de “báisè shìjiè”. [Pinyin]
    The Arctic Ocean is a "winter wonderland" that has been coveted by many nations.

Noun

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覬覦

  1. (literary) presumptuous desire or attempt

Derived terms

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