庖犧

See also: 庖牺

Chinese

		kitchen	sacrifice
trad. (庖犧)		庖	犧
simp. (庖牺)		庖	牺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Páoxī

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paau⁴ hei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Páoxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Páosi
  - Wade–Giles: Pʻao²-hsi¹
  - Yale: Páu-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Paurshi
  - Palladius: Паоси (Paosi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paau⁴ hei¹
  - Yale: pàauh hēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paau⁴ hei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pao⁴ héi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯²¹ hei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: baew xje

Rime
Character	庖	犧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	薄交切	許羈切
Baxter	baew	xje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠau/	/hˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚau/	/hᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/bau/	/xiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨw/	/hjiə̆/
Li Rong	/bau/	/xje/
Wang Li	/bau/	/xǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱau/	/xie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páo	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paau⁴	hei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bruː hŋral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	犧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xje ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊(r)a[j]/
English	sacrificial animal
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	庖	犧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	287	13057
Phonetic component	勹	我
Rime group	幽	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	庖	犧
Old Chinese	/*bruː/	/*hŋral/

Proper noun

庖犧

(～氏) (Chinese mythology) Alternative name for 伏羲 (Fúxī, “Fuxi”).