頡頏

Chinese

		surname; fly upwards; neck	fly down
trad. (頡頏)		頡	頏
simp. (颉颃)		颉	颃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiéháng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiéháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siéháng
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²-hang²
  - Yale: syé-háng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeharng
  - Palladius: сехан (sexan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: het khangH

Rime
Character	頡	頏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	胡結切	苦浪切
Baxter	het	khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/	/kʰaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/	/kʰɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié	kàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit⁶	hong³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːd ɡaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡	頏
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	5687	7380
Phonetic component	吉	亢
Rime group	質	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	纈	航
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːd/	/*ɡaːŋ/

Verb

頡頏

(literary) to fly up and down
(literary, figurative) to be equally matched; to rival each other
alternative form of 拮抗 (jiékàng)

Derived terms

頡頏之行 / 颉颃之行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頡	頏
きつ > きっ Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 頡頏 – see the following entry.

【拮抗きっこう】

[noun] rivalry

[verb] rival, compete

(This term, 頡頏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)