棄婦

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	woman
trad. (棄婦)		棄	婦
simp. (弃妇)		弃	妇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qìfù

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ fu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qìfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìfù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-fu⁴
  - Yale: chì-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihfuh
  - Palladius: цифу (cifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ fu⁵
  - Yale: hei fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ fu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi³ fu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ fuː¹³/

Middle Chinese: khjijH bjuwX

Rime
Character	棄	婦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	詰利切	房久切
Baxter	khjijH	bjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiɪ^H/	/bɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰi^H/	/biu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjɪ^H/	/biəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰi^H/	/buw^X/
Li Rong	/kʰi^H/	/biu^X/
Wang Li	/kʰi^H/	/bĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi^H/	/bʱi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì	fòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei³	fau⁶

Noun

棄婦

(literary) deserted wife

Synonyms

棄妻／弃妻