齏臼

Chinese

		fragment; spices	mortar
trad. (齏臼)		齏	臼
simp. (齑臼)		齑	臼

Etymology

Sense 2 is from the mortar's containing (受 (shòu)) spice (辛 (xīn)), and 受 and 辛 can be combined as 辤.

魏武嘗過曹娥碑下，楊脩從，碑背上見題作「黃絹幼婦，外孫齏臼」八字。魏武謂脩曰：「解不？」答曰：「解。」魏武曰：「卿未可言，待我思之。」行三十里，魏武乃曰：「吾已得。」令脩別記所知。脩曰：「黃絹，色絲也，於字為絕。幼婦，少女也，於字為妙。外孫，女子也，於字為好。齏臼，受辛也，於字為辤。所謂『絕妙好辤』也。」魏武亦記之，與脩同，乃嘆曰：「我才不及卿，乃覺三十里。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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魏武尝过曹娥碑下，杨脩从，碑背上见题作「黄绢幼妇，外孙齑臼」八字。魏武谓脩曰：「解不？」答曰：「解。」魏武曰：「卿未可言，待我思之。」行三十里，魏武乃曰：「吾已得。」令脩别记所知。脩曰：「黄绢，色丝也，于字为绝。幼妇，少女也，于字为妙。外孙，女子也，于字为好。齑臼，受辛也，于字为辤。所谓『绝妙好辤』也。」魏武亦记之，与脩同，乃叹曰：「我才不及卿，乃觉三十里。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

Wèi Wǔ cháng guò Cáo É bēi xià, Yáng Xiūcóng, bēibèi shàng jiàn tí zuò “huángjuàn yòufù, wàisūn jījiù” bā zì. Wèi Wǔ wèi Xiū yuē: “Jiě bù?” Dá yuē: “Jiě.” Wèi wǔ yuē: “Qīng wèi kě yán, dài wǒ sī zhī.” Xíng sānshí lǐ, Wèi Wǔ nǎi yuē: “Wú yǐ dé.” Lìng Xiū bié jì suǒ zhī. Xiū yuē: “Huángjuàn, sè sī yě, yú zì wèi jué. Yòufù, shàonǚ yě, yú zì wèi miào. Wàisūn, nǚzǐ yě, yú zì wèi hǎo. Jī jiù, shòu xīn yě, yú zì wèi 辤. Suǒwèi ‘juémiàohǎo辤’ yě.” Wèi Wǔ yì jì zhī, yǔ Xiū tóng, nǎi tàn yuē: “Wǒ cái bù jí qīng, nǎi jiào sānshí lǐ.” [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chiu⁴
    • Yale: jī-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijiow
    • Palladius: цзицзю (cziczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsej gjuwX

Rime
Character	齏	臼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	祖稽切	其九切
Baxter	tsej	gjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sei/	/ɡɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sei/	/ɡiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛi/	/ɡiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛj/	/guwX/
Li Rong	/t͡sei/	/ɡiuX/
Wang Li	/t͡siei/	/ɡĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siei/	/gi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zai1	gau6

Noun

齏臼

1. mortar used to pound spice
2. Ci (poetry)