蟪蛄

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (蟪蛄)		蟪	蛄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìgū

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ gu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèigu
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-ku¹
  - Yale: hwèi-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueygu
  - Palladius: хуэйгу (xuejgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ gu¹
  - Yale: waih gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwejH ku

Rime
Character	蟪	蛄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡桂切	古胡切
Baxter	hwejH	ku
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei^H/	/kuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei^H/	/kuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi^H/	/ko/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj^H/	/kɔ/
Li Rong	/ɣuei^H/	/ko/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei^H/	/ku/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwei^H/	/kuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	gū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶	gu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷiːds kaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟪	蛄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5484	4215
Phonetic component	惠	古
Rime group	至	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	慧	孤
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷiːds/	/*kaː/
Notes	見莊子

Noun

蟪蛄

Platypleura kaempferi
- 朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zhāojūn bù zhī huìshuò, huìgū bù zhī chūnqiū, cǐ xiǎonián yě. [Pinyin]
  The mushroom of a morning does not know (what takes place between) the beginning and end of a month; the short-lived cicada does not know (what takes place between) the spring and autumn. These are instances of a short term of life.

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