依稀

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	diluted; sparse
simp. and trad. (依稀)		依	稀
alternative forms		依希 依俙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ hei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-hi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: yī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishi
    • Palladius: иси (isi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ hei¹
    • Yale: yī hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-hi
    • Tâi-lô: i-hi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'hy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'j+j xj+j

Rime
Character	依	稀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於希切	香衣切
Baxter	'j+j	xj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨi/	/hɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨi/	/hɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəi/	/xiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨj/	/hɨj/
Li Rong	/ʔiəi/	/xiəi/
Wang Li	/ĭəi/	/xĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯i/	/xe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1	hei1

Adjective

依稀

1. (ideophonic) vague; dim; faint

Synonyms

• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 含糊
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 模稜／模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)
• 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (依稀):

• → Japanese: 依稀(いき) (iki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
依	稀
い Grade: S	き Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​き [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Adjective

依(い)稀(き) • (iki) ^†-tari (adnominal 依(い)稀(き)とした (iki to shita) or 依(い)稀(き)たる (iki taru), adverbial 依(い)稀(き)と (iki to) or 依(い)稀(き)として (iki to shite))

1. faint, dim, vague, unclear

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "依稀たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	依稀たら	いきたら	iki tara
Continuative (連用形)	依稀と[1] 依稀たり[2]	いきと いきたり	iki to iki tari
Terminal (終止形)	依稀たり	いきたり	iki tari
Attributive (連体形)	依稀たる	いきたる	iki taru
Realis (已然形)	依稀たれ	いきたれ	iki tare
Imperative (命令形)	依稀たれ	いきたれ	iki tare
Key constructions
Negative	依稀たらず	いきたらず	iki tarazu
Contrasting conjunction	依稀たれど	いきたれど	iki taredo
Causal conjunction	依稀たれば	いきたれば	iki tareba
Conditional conjunction	依稀たらば	いきたらば	iki taraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	依稀たりき	いきたりき	iki tariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	依稀たりけり	いきたりけり	iki tarikeri
Adverbial	依稀と	いきと	iki to
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.