斥候

Chinese

		blame; reprove; reprimand	wait
trad. (斥候)		斥	候
simp. #(斥候)		斥	候
alternative forms		斥堠

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	斥	候
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	昌石切	胡遘切
Baxter	tsyhek	huwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/ɦəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ɦəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/ɣəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/	/ɦəwH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ɣuH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/ɣəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ɣə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	hòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	hau6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	斥	候
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chì	hòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhek ›	‹ huwH ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰAk/	/*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o-s/
English	rebuff; salty soil	wait upon
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	斥	候
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	9477	5154
Phonetic component	屰	侯
Rime group	鐸	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	尺	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ/	/*ɡoːs/
Notes	說文從廣屰聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik¹ hau⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cêg⁴ hao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: chr̀-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhhow
    • Palladius: чихоу (čixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik¹ hau⁶
    • Yale: chīk hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁷ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig¹ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêg⁴ hao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshek hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰek̚²⁻⁴ hau¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhek huwH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰAk  [ɡ]ˤ(r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ  ɡoːs/

Verb

斥候

1. to reconnoiter; to scout

Synonyms

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• 偵察／侦察 (zhēnchá)
• 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
• 刺探 (cìtàn)
• 打探 (dǎtàn)
• 探聽／探听 (tàntīng)
• 暗探 (àntàn)

 

Noun

斥候

1. patrol; scout
2. fort or room used to watch from distance

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
斥	候
せき > せっ Grade: S	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せっこー [sèkkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

斥(せっ)候(こう) • (sekkō) ^{←せきこう (sekikou)?}

1. patrol; scout

Descendants

• → Indonesian: seko

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN