奸宄

Chinese

		traitor	traitor
trad. (奸宄/姦宄)		奸/姦	宄
simp. (奸宄)		奸	宄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄍㄨㄟˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-kúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianguěi
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-kuei³
  - Yale: jyān-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangoei
  - Palladius: цзяньгуй (czjanʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: kan-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kankuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ kui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/

Middle Chinese: kan kwijX

Rime
Character	奸	宄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古寒切	居洧切
Baxter	kan	kwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑn/	/kˠiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑn/	/kʷᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑn/	/kiuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kan/	/kjwi^X/
Li Rong	/kɑn/	/kjui^X/
Wang Li	/kɑn/	/kwi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑn/	/kwi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gon¹	gwai²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaːn kʷrɯwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gān
Middle Chinese	‹ kan ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁa[r]/
English	treacherous
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	奸	宄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3571	6960
Phonetic component	干	九
Rime group	元	幽
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	干	軌
Old Chinese	/*kaːn/	/*kʷrɯwʔ/

Noun

奸宄

lawbreaker
illegal act; crime
someone who does illegal acts; criminal
seizure by force

Adjective

奸宄

(Southern Min) cunning; crafty; deceitful; treacherous

Synonyms

世故 (shìgù)
刁 (diāo)
刁滑 (diāohuá)
刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
圓泛 / 圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
奸巧 (Hokkien)
奸狡
奸猾 (jiānhuá)
奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
姦刁 / 奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
姦詐 / 奸诈 (jiānzhà)
油滑 (yóuhuá)
滑
滑頭 / 滑头 (huátóu)
狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
甕毒 / 瓮毒 (Xiamen Hokkien)
甕肚 / 瓮肚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)