拮据

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (28) (28)
Final () (48) (87) (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III IV III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gat1 git3 geoi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 5682 5695 4265
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
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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