起乩

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to divine
trad. (起乩)		起	乩
simp. #(起乩)		起	乩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hí-kî

  (Hailu, HRS): hi^ˊ gi^ˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐji
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chi¹
    • Yale: chǐ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiji
    • Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ gi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ ki²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ gi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³/

Verb

起⫽乩 (verb-object)

1. (religion) to be possessed by spiritual entities and start dancing and prophesying (of a spirit medium)

Synonyms

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• 上童 (Hokkien)
• 起童 (Hokkien)
• 趒童 (Hokkien)
• 跳童 (Hokkien)
• 降乩 (jiàngjī)

References

• “Entry #22513”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.