滑稽

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	bow to the ground; inspect; check
trad. (滑稽)		滑	稽
simp. #(滑稽)		滑	稽

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 滑稽 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 滑稽戲 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 滑稽 (表情) (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Pronunciation

The smug emoticon on Tieba (noun, sense 3)

Rime
Character	滑	稽
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古忽切	古奚切
Baxter	kwot	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/	/kei/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/	/kiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuət̚/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat1	gai1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滑	稽
Reading #	2/3	1/2
No.	4324	17317
Phonetic component	骨	旨
Rime group	物	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	骨	雞
Old Chinese	/*kuːd/	/*kiː/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huájī, gǔjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ kai¹ / gwat¹ kai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): va̍t-hî
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku̍t-khe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸waq-ci

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huájī → huáji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧ → ㄏㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáji̊
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-chi⁵
    • Yale: hwá-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa.ji
    • Palladius: хуацзи (xuaczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ → /xu̯ä³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔji
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chi¹
    • Yale: gǔ-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuji
    • Palladius: гуцзи (guczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat⁶ kai¹ / gwat¹ kai¹
    • Yale: waaht kāi / gwāt kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ kai¹ / gwat⁷ kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ kei¹ / gued¹ kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚² kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷɐt̚⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: va̍t-hî
    • Hakka Romanization System: vad hi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vad⁶ hi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vat̚⁵ hi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku̍t-khe
    • Tâi-lô: ku̍t-khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kudqef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻² kʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸waq-ci
    • MiniDict: wah^入 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhuaq-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuaʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwot kej

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːd  kiː/

Adjective

滑稽

1. (literary) eloquent; articulate
2. comical; funny; amusing; witty

Synonyms

• (comical):

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• 古味 (Hakka)
• 古怪 (Hakka)
• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 幽默 (yōumò)
• 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
• 詼諧 / 诙谐 (huīxié)
• 風趣 / 风趣 (fēngqù)

 

Derived terms

• 滑天下之大稽 (huá tiānxià zhī dàjī)
• 滑稽戲 / 滑稽戏

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滑稽):

• → Japanese: 滑稽(こっけい) (kokkei)

Noun

滑稽

1. (historical) a type of ancient wine drinking vessel
2. a type of comedic Chinese opera performed in Shanghai, Suzhou, and surrounding areas
3. (Mainland China, Internet slang) the smug emoticon on Tieba

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滑	稽
こつ > こっ Grade: S	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こっけー [kòkkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚ke̞ː]

Adjective

滑(こっ)稽(けい) • (kokkei) -na (adnominal 滑(こっ)稽(けい)な (kokkei na), adverbial 滑(こっ)稽(けい)に (kokkei ni))

1. comical, humorous, funny, ridiculous

Inflection

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	滑稽だろ	こっけいだろ	kokkei daro
Continuative (連用形)	滑稽で	こっけいで	kokkei de
Terminal (終止形)	滑稽だ	こっけいだ	kokkei da
Attributive (連体形)	滑稽な	こっけいな	kokkei na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	滑稽なら	こっけいなら	kokkei nara
Imperative (命令形)	滑稽であれ	こっけいであれ	kokkei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	滑稽ではない 滑稽じゃない	こっけいではない こっけいじゃない	kokkei de wa nai kokkei ja nai
Informal past	滑稽だった	こっけいだった	kokkei datta
Informal negative past	滑稽ではなかった 滑稽じゃなかった	こっけいではなかった こっけいじゃなかった	kokkei de wa nakatta kokkei ja nakatta
Formal	滑稽です	こっけいです	kokkei desu
Formal negative	滑稽ではありません 滑稽じゃありません	こっけいではありません こっけいじゃありません	kokkei de wa arimasen kokkei ja arimasen
Formal past	滑稽でした	こっけいでした	kokkei deshita
Formal negative past	滑稽ではありませんでした 滑稽じゃありませんでした	こっけいではありませんでした こっけいじゃありませんでした	kokkei de wa arimasen deshita kokkei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	滑稽で	こっけいで	kokkei de
Conditional	滑稽なら（ば）	こっけいなら（ば）	kokkei nara (ba)
Provisional	滑稽だったら	こっけいだったら	kokkei dattara
Volitional	滑稽だろう	こっけいだろう	kokkei darō
Adverbial	滑稽に	こっけいに	kokkei ni
Degree	滑稽さ	こっけいさ	kokkeisa

Inflection of 滑稽

Noun

滑(こっ)稽(けい) • (kokkei) 

1. humorousness, jocosity, waggery

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN