拮据

Chinese

simp. and trad.
(拮据)
拮 据
alternative forms 拮據 hypercorrect

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 拮 拮 据
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 眞 (48) 先 (87) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III IV III
Fanqie 居質切 古屑切 九魚切
Baxter kjit ket kjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kiɪt̚/ /ket̚/ /kɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kit̚/ /ket̚/ /kiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kjet̚/ /kɛt̚/ /kiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kit̚/ /kɛt̚/ /kɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/kiĕt̚/ /ket̚/ /kiɔ/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕt̚/ /kiet̚/ /kĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ĕt̚/ /kiet̚/ /ki̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ji jie jū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gat1 git3 geoi1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 拮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jié
Middle
Chinese
‹ ket ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁi[t]/
English grasp (v.)

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 拮 拮 据
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 5682 5695 4265
Phonetic
component
吉 吉 古
Rime
group
質 質 魚
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
結 吉 居
Old
Chinese
/*kiːd/ /*klid/ /*ka/

Adjective

拮据

  1. short of money; in straitened circumstances
    手頭拮据/手头拮据  ―  shǒutóu jiéjū  ―  to feel the pinch
    經濟拮据/经济拮据  ―  jīngjì jiéjū  ―  to be hard up; to be short of money
  2. (literary) diligent

Derived terms

  • 手頭拮据/手头拮据

Adverb

拮据

  1. (literary) diligently
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