Definify.com

Definition 2024

雖

雖

See also: 虽

Translingual

Han character

雖 (radical 172 隹+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人土 (RIOG), four-corner 60114, composition ⿰虽隹)

References

  • KangXi: page 1368, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42104
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1872, character 39
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4103, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+96D6

Chinese

trad. 雖
simp. 虽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (唯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
匯 *ɢʷrɯːlʔ, *kʰʷriːl
擓 *kʰʷriːl
淮 *ɡʷriːl
睢 *qʰʷel, *sqʰʷil, *qʰʷi, *qʰʷils
嶉 *sqʷi
趡 *skʰʷilʔ
踓 *skʰʷilʔ, *ɢʷilʔ
雖 *sqʰʷi
濉 *sqʰʷi
倠 *qʰʷi
婎 *qʰʷil, *qʰʷils
蓶 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
維 *ɢʷi
惟 *ɢʷi
唯 *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ
濰 *ɢʷi
琟 *ɢʷil
鷕 *ɢʷiʔ, *ɢʷiʔ
帷 *ɢʷril
鵻 *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰʷi) : semantic 虫 + phonetic 唯 ‎(OC *ɢʷi, *ɢʷiʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 雖
Mandarin Beijing /suei⁵⁵/
Harbin /suei²⁴/
Tianjin /suei⁴⁵/
Jinan /suei²¹³/
Qingdao /sue²¹³/
Zhengzhou /suei²⁴/
Xi'an /suei²¹/
Xining /suɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /suei⁵³/
Lanzhou /suei³¹/
Ürümqi /suei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /sei⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕy⁵⁵/
/suei⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕi⁵⁵/
Kunming /suei⁴⁴/
Nanjing /suəi³¹/
Hefei /se²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /suei¹¹/
Pingyao /suei¹³/
Hohhot /suei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /sø⁵³/
Suzhou /se̞⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /sz̩ʷei³³/
Wenzhou /sz̩³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕye⁴⁴/
Tunxi /se¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /sei³³/
Xiangtan /səi³³/
Gan Nanchang /sui⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /sui⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /sui²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /søy⁵³/
Nanning /ɬui⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /søy⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /sui⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰuoi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /sy⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /sui³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /tui²³/
Rime
Character 雖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息遺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /siuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sʷi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sjuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /swi/
Li
Rong		 /sui/
Wang
Li		 /swi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /swi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 suī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雖
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 suī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ swij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-qʷij/
English although; even if

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 雖
Reading # 1/1
No. 12844
Phonetic
component		 唯
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 綏
Old
Chinese		 /*sqʰʷi/

Definitions

雖

  1. although, even if
    麻雀雖小，五臟俱全
    麻雀虽小，五脏俱全    ‎
    máquè suī xiǎo, wǔzàng jùquán
    (proverb) A sparrow may be small, but it has all its vital organs.
    在你身邊路雖遠未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
    在你身边路虽远未疲倦 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 鄧麗君 (lyricist 鄭國江), 漫步人生路
    zoi6 nei5 san1 bin1 lou6seoi1 jyun5 mei6 pei4 gyun6 [Jyutping]
    By your side, although the road is long, I am still not tired

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

雖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

Korean

Hanja

雖 • ‎(su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

雖 (tuy)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar Results