杞憂

Chinese

		(willow); name of a feudal state	worried
trad. (杞憂)		杞	憂
simp. (杞忧)		杞	忧

Etymology

See 杞人憂天／杞人忧天 (qǐrényōutiān).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐyōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐyou
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-yu¹
  - Yale: chǐ-yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiiou
  - Palladius: цию (ciju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

杞憂

(literary) groundless fear
- 此皆平日杞憂太重之故，吾獨憾山農不能終身滾滾也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  此皆平日杞忧太重之故，吾独憾山农不能终身滚滚也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 焚書
  Cǐ jiē píngrì qǐyōu tài zhòng zhī gù, wú dú hàn shānnóng bùnéng zhōngshēn gǔngǔn yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杞憂):

→ Japanese: 杞(き)憂(ゆう) (kiyū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杞	憂
き Hyōgai	ゆう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
き憂

Etymology

From Chinese 杞憂 / 杞忧 (qǐyōu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゆう [kìyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲijɯ̟ː]

Noun

杞(き)憂(ゆう) • (kiyū)

groundless fear

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
杞	憂

Noun

杞憂 • (giu) (hangeul 기우)

hanja form^? of 기우