尉遲

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (尉遲)		尉	遲
simp. (尉迟)		尉	迟

Etymology

Found as one of clans of Xianbei, as well as a surname of the king of Khotan. According to Li-yul lung-bstan-pa (ལི་ཡུལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་), retrieved from the Dunhuang manuscripts and translated in Chinese as Yü-t'ien-kuo Hsüan-chi (于闐國懸記), this surname is transliteration of Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yùchí

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄔˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ ci⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ut-tî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yùchí
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄔˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yùchíh
  - Wade–Giles: Yü⁴-chʻih²
  - Yale: Yù-chŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuhchyr
  - Palladius: Юйчи (Jujči)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    尉遲 / 尉迟
    浴池
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ ci⁴
  - Yale: wāt chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut-tî
  - Tâi-lô: Ut-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: utdii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ut̚³²⁻⁵ ti¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ ti²³/

Middle Chinese: 'jut drij

Rime
Character	尉	遲
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	紆物切	直尼切
Baxter	'jut	drij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/	/ɖˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/	/ɖᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/	/ȡiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/	/ɖji/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/	/ȡji/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/	/ȡi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/ȡʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wat¹	ci⁴

Proper noun

尉遲

a Chinese compound surname
尉遲敬德／尉迟敬德 ― Wèichí Jìngdé ― Yuchi Jingde (Tang dynasty general who was later deified as one of the door gods)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尉遲):

→ Japanese: 尉(うっ)遅(ち) (Utchi)
→ Korean: 울지(尉遲) (Ulji)
→ Vietnamese: Uất Trì (尉遲)