和氏璧

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	clan name; maiden name	piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad. (和氏璧)		和	氏	璧

Etymology

Named after 卞和 (Biàn Hé), who discovered this jade.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Héshìbì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ si⁶ bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Héshìbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Héshìhbì
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-shih⁴-pi⁴
  - Yale: Hé-shr̀-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hershyhbih
  - Palladius: Хэшиби (Xɛšibi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wo⁴ si⁶ bik¹
  - Yale: wòh sih bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ si⁶ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ xi⁶ big¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ siː²² pɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwa dzyeX pjiek

Rime
Character	和	氏	璧
Reading #	1/2	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	常 (25)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	支 (11)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	戸戈切	承紙切	必益切
Baxter	hwa	dzyeX	pjiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/d͡ʑiᴇ^X/	/piᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/d͡ʑiɛ^X/	/piɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/d͡ʑjɛ^X/	/piæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/d͡ʑiə̆^X/	/piajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑie^X/	/piɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑǐe^X/	/pĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/ʑie̯^X/	/pi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	shì	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo⁴	si⁶	bik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤoj k.deʔ pek/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːl ɡjeʔ peɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	和	氏	璧
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	shì	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwa ›	‹ dzye^X ›	‹ pjiek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁoj/	/*k.deʔ/	/*pek/
English	harmonious	clan	circular jade insignium
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	和	氏	璧
Reading #	1/2	3/3	1/1
No.	4932	11523	676
Phonetic component	禾	氏	辟
Rime group	歌	支	錫
Rime subdivision	3	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	和	是	辟
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːl/	/*ɡjeʔ/	/*peɡ/
Notes		甲金文象人俯伏手臂下據着地（右下菱形象封土，指胙土命氏，金文省爲圓點），以表對氏族份地的禮敬，後轉註爲坁祇，非乁聲

Proper noun

和氏璧

Mr. He's jade
- 和氏璧，天下所共傳寶也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  和氏璧，天下所共传宝也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Héshìbì, tiānxià suǒ gòng chuán bǎo yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

和璧 (Hébì)
和氏之璧

See also

完璧歸趙／完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào)

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