咨嗟

Chinese

		consult	sigh
trad. (咨嗟)		咨	嗟
simp. #(咨嗟)		咨	嗟

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即夷切	子邪切
Baxter	tsij	tsjae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ/	/t͡sia/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ/	/t͡sia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Li Rong	/t͡si/	/t͡sia/
Wang Li	/t͡si/	/t͡sĭa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si/	/t͡si̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	ze1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī	jiē
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij ›	‹ tsjæ ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ij/	/*tsAj/
English	consult; plan (v.)	sigh; alas!
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	咨	嗟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1785	18026
Phonetic component	次	左
Rime group	脂	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	咨	嗟
Old Chinese	/*ʔsli/	/*ʔsljal/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zījiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zījiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjie
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chieh¹
    • Yale: dz̄-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjie
    • Palladius: цзыцзе (czycze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ ze¹
    • Yale: jī jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsij tsjae

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ij  tsAj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsli  ʔsljal/

Verb

咨嗟

1. (literary) to highly praise; to gasp in admiration
2. (literary) to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh

Synonyms

• (to highly praise):

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• 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
• 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
• 嘆美／叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
• 嘉許／嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
• 嘆賞／叹赏 (tànshǎng)
• 捧 (pěng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 禮讚／礼赞 (lǐzàn)
• 稱嘆／称叹 (chēngtàn)
• 稱揚／称扬 (chēngyáng)
• 稱美／称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
• 稱許／称许 (chēngxǔ)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
• 稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn)
• 稱賞／称赏 (chēngshǎng) (formal)
• 稱道／称道 (chēngdào)
• 稱頌／称颂 (chēngsòng)
• 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
• 表揚／表扬 (biǎoyáng)
• 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇獎／夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
• 讚嘆／赞叹 (zàntàn)
• 讚揚／赞扬 (zànyáng)
• 讚美／赞美 (zànměi)
• 讚許／赞许 (zànxǔ)
• 讚頌／赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 賞／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頌讚／颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 顯揚／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

 

• (to sigh):

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• 吐氣／吐气 (Hokkien)
• 呻氣／呻气 (san³ hi³) (Southern Pinghua)
• 喘氣／喘气 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)
• 嘆氣／叹气 (tànqì)
• 太息 (tàixī) (literary)
• 打咳聲／打咳声 (Harbin)