告急

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	hurried; worried
trad. (告急)		告	急
simp. ^#(告急)		告	急

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàojí

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ gap¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-kip / kò-kip

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàojí
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàojí
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-chi²
  - Yale: gàu-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjyi
  - Palladius: гаоцзи (gaoczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ gap¹
  - Yale: gou gāp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ gap⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou³ geb¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ kɐp̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-kip
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korkib
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kip̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-kip
  - Tâi-lô: kò-kip
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirkib
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ kip̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kawH kip

Rime
Character	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古到切	居立切
Baxter	kawH	kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu^H/	/kˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu^H/	/kᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu^H/	/kiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw^H/	/kjip̚/
Li Rong	/kɑu^H/	/kjəp̚/
Wang Li	/kɑu^H/	/kĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑu^H/	/ki̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gào	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou³	gap¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤuk-s [k](r)əp/

(Zhengzhang): /*kuːɡs krɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gào	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kaw^H ›	‹ kip ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁuk-s/	/*[k](r)əp/
English	announce, inform	urgent
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	告	急
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3805	5658
Phonetic component	告	及
Rime group	奧	緝
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	誥	急
Old Chinese	/*kuːɡs/	/*krɯb/

Verb

告急

(literary) to report an emergency and ask for assistance

Synonyms

乞助 (qǐzhù) (literary)
搬兵 (bānbīng) (figurative)
求助 (qiúzhù)
求援 (qiúyuán)