可畏

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to fear
simp. and trad. (可畏)		可	畏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² wai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-vi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-ùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěwèi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-wei⁴
  - Yale: kě-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keewey
  - Palladius: кэвэй (kɛvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² wai³
  - Yale: hó wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² wei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ wɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko^ˋ vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ vi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ vi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-ùi
  - Tâi-lô: khó-uì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²¹/

Middle Chinese: khaX 'jw+jH

Rime
Character	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	枯我切	於胃切
Baxter	khaX	'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑ^X/	/ʔʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑ^X/	/ʔʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑ^X/	/ʔiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰa^X/	/ʔuj^H/
Li Rong	/kʰɑ^X/	/ʔiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/kʰɑ^X/	/ĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ^X/	/ʔwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kě	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ho²	wai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤa[j]ʔ ʔuj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːlʔ quls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kě	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ kha^X ›	‹ ʔjwɨj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁa[j]ʔ/	/*ʔuj-s/
English	may; acceptable	fear (v.); threaten
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	可	畏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7446	12939
Phonetic component	可	畏
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	可	尉
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːlʔ/	/*quls/

Adjective

可畏

Derived terms

人言可畏 (rényánkěwèi)
夏日可畏
後生可畏 / 后生可畏 (hòushēngkěwèi)