忠告

Chinese

		loyal	to tell; to inform; to say
trad. (忠告/忠吿)		忠	告/吿
simp. (忠告)		忠	告

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	忠	告
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	沃 (6)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	陟弓切	古沃切
Baxter	trjuwng	kowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuŋ/	/kuok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuŋ/	/kuok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuŋ/	/kok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwŋ/	/kawk̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiuŋ/	/kok̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuŋ/	/kuok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uŋ/	/kuok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōng	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1	guk1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	忠	告
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng	gào
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›	‹ kowk ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/	/*kˁuk/
English	loyal	announce, inform
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	忠	告
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	17408	3818
Phonetic component	中	吿
Rime group	終	覺
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	中	梏
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ/	/*kuːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōnggào, zhōnggù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄠˋ, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ guk¹ / zung¹ gou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-ko
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-kò / tiong-kò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ gao³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tson-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōnggào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonggào
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-kao⁴
    • Yale: jūng-gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonggaw
    • Palladius: чжунгао (čžungao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōnggù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhonggù
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-ku⁴
    • Yale: jūng-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongguh
    • Palladius: чжунгу (čžungu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ guk¹ / zung¹ gou³
    • Yale: jūng gūk / jūng gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ guk⁷ / dzung¹ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ gug¹ / zung¹ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ko
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ go
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ go⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kò
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkoix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ko¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongkox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong¹ gao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong kàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ kau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tson-kau
    • MiniDict: tson^平 kau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tson-kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵ kɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwng kowk

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truŋ  kˤuk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuŋ  kuːɡ/

Noun

忠告

1. advice; recommendation; counsel

Synonyms

• 勸告／劝告 (quàngào)

Verb

忠告

1. to advise

Synonyms

edit

• 勸告 / 劝告 (quàngào)
• 勸導 / 劝导 (quàndǎo)
• 勸解 / 劝解 (quànjiě)
• 勸誡 / 劝诫 (quànjiè)
• 告誡 / 告诫 (gàojiè)
• 奉勸 / 奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
• 懲 / 惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 戒飭 / 戒饬 (jièchì)
• 提醒 (tíxǐng)
• 正告 (zhènggào)
• 相勸 / 相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
• 規 / 规 (literary, or in compounds)
• 規勸 / 规劝 (guīquàn)
• 誘 / 诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 諧喙 / 谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 諫訓 / 谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
• 警告 (jǐnggào)
• 警示 (jǐngshì)
• 警誡 / 警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (忠告):

• → Japanese: 忠(ちゅう)告(こく) (chūkoku)
• → Korean: 충고(忠告) (chunggo)