足以

Chinese

		foot; to be sufficient	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (足以)		足	以
simp. ^#(足以)		足	以

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zúyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ ji⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiok-í

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zúyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zúyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tsu²-i³
  - Yale: dzú-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwuyii
  - Palladius: цзуи (czui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ ji⁵
  - Yale: jūk yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok-í
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok-í
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciok'ie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsjowk yiX

Rime
Character	足	以
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即玉切	羊己切
Baxter	tsjowk	yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨok̚/	/jɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siok̚/	/jɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siok̚/	/ie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawk̚/	/jɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡siok̚/	/iə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwok̚/	/jĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wok̚/	/i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zu	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk¹	ji⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ok ləʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsoɡ lɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	足	以
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjowk ›	‹ yi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ok/	/*ləʔ/
English	sufficient	take, use
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	足	以
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	17925	14929
Phonetic component	足	以
Rime group	屋	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	足	以
Old Chinese	/*ʔsoɡ/	/*lɯʔ/

Adverb

足以

sufficient to; enough to
她的黑暗史足以寫出一本書。 [MSC, trad.]
她的黑暗史足以写出一本书。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā de hēi'ànshǐ zúyǐ xiěchū yī běn shū. [Pinyin]
Her dark past is enough to write a book.
- 是心足以王矣。百姓皆以王為愛也，臣固知王之不忍也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  是心足以王矣。百姓皆以王为爱也，臣固知王之不忍也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Shì xīn zúyǐ wàng yǐ. Bǎixìng jiē yǐ wáng wèi ài yě, chén gù zhī wáng zhī bùrěn yě. [Pinyin]
  The heart seen in this is sufficient to carry you to the royal sway. The people all supposed that your Majesty grudged [the animal], but your servant knows surely, that it was your Majesty's not being able to bear the sight [which made you do as you did].