碧漢

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	the Milky Way
trad. (碧漢)		碧	漢
simp. (碧汉)		碧	汉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ hon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìhàn
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-han⁴
  - Yale: bì-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhann
  - Palladius: бихань (bixanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ hon³
  - Yale: bīk hon
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ hon³
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hɔːn³³/

Middle Chinese: pjiek xanH

Rime
Character	碧	漢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	昔 (124)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	彼役切	呼旰切
Baxter	pjiek	xanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwiᴇk̚/	/hɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɛk̚/	/hɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piuæk̚/	/xɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwiajk̚/	/han^H/
Li Rong	/piuɛk̚/	/xɑn^H/
Wang Li	/pĭwɛk̚/	/xɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯wɛk̚/	/xɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik¹	hon³

Noun

碧漢

(literary) the Milky Way; blue sky