窮奇

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
trad. (窮奇)		窮	奇
simp. (穷奇)		穷	奇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngqí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ kei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiông-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qióngqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chʻi²
  - Yale: chyúng-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongchyi
  - Palladius: цюнци (cjunci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ kei⁴
  - Yale: kùhng kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-kî
  - Tâi-lô: kiông-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiongkii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ki²³/

Middle Chinese: gjuwng gje

Rime
Character	窮	奇
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠弓切	渠羈切
Baxter	gjuwng	gje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuŋ/	/ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guwŋ/	/gjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡiuŋ/	/ɡje/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuŋ/	/ɡǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯uŋ/	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kung⁴	kei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)uŋ|m-[ɡ](r)uŋ N-k(r)aj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡuŋ ɡral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窮	窮	奇
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qióng	qióng	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuwng ›	‹ gjuwng ›	‹ gje ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)uŋ/	/*m-[ɡ](r)uŋ/	/*N-k(r)aj/
English	poor	exhaust	strange
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	窮	奇
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	4145	9997
Phonetic component	躬	奇
Rime group	終	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	窮	竒
Old Chinese	/*ɡuŋ/	/*ɡral/

Noun

窮奇

(Chinese mythology) qiongqi (a legendary creature)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (窮奇):

→ Japanese: 窮(きゅう)奇(き) (kyūki)
→ Korean: 궁기(窮奇) (gunggi)
→ Vietnamese: Cùng Kỳ (窮奇)