Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 168

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 巧

MC description : 效開三上巧溪

ZIHUI: 1564 1468

Beijing: ćhiau 2

Jinan: ćhiɔ 2

Xi'an: ćhiau 2

Taiyuan: ćhiau 2

Hankou: ćhiau 2

Chengdu: ćhiau 2

Yangzhou: ćhiɔ 2

Suzhou: ćhiä 2

Wenzhou: khuɔ 21

Changsha: ćhiau 2

Shuangfeng: ćhiǝ 2

Nanchang: ćhiɛu 2

Meixian: khau 2

Guangzhou: hāu 21

Xiamen: khau 2; kha 2

Chaozhou: kha 21

Fuzhou: khieu 2

Shanghai: ćhiɔ 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: khau 2

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Chinese characters :

Character: 巧

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: khrūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: khrū́

Western Han Chinese: khrǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: khrǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̣̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khạ̄́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: khạ̄́w

Middle Chinese: khạ́w

English meaning : be artful, skilful, clever

Russian meaning[s]: 1) ловкий; искусный; сноровка; отлично, хорошо; искусная работа; 2) фальшивый; 3) случайно; кстати; 4) 8-е число (в телеграммах)

Comments: Also read OC *khrūʔ-s, MC khạ̀w id. Regular Sino-Viet. is xa`o.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 48

Four-angle index: 4429

Karlgren code: 1041 l

Vietnamese reading: khiếu

Shijing occurrences: 57.2

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