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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷǝ̄j
Meaning: whirl
Chinese: 潰 whǝ̄ts (~-js) be turbulent
Burmese: wajh whirlpool.
Kachin: phuŋ2-wai2 whirlpool, (H) wai whirl, as a whirlpool; stir, as with a ladle.
Lushai: vai wave (the hand, arm).
Comments: Mikir iŋvei fly around (as an insect); Rawang thi buŋ wai whirlpool. In some languages (Burm., Jnp.) a merger with *qʷǝ̄l (q. v.) occurred. Ben. 32.
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: kuì
Preclassic Old Chinese: whǝ̄ts (~ -js)
Classic Old Chinese: whǝ̄ć
Western Han Chinese: whǝ̄ś
Eastern Han Chinese: whǝ̄ś
Early Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄ś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: ɣòj
English meaning : be energetic, violent, turbulent
Russian meaning[s]: 1) прорвать(ся), разрушить(ся), испортить(ся), сломать(ся), уничтожить(ся); 2) расстекаться; рассыпать(ся); 3) выйти из себя, рассердиться
Comments: For *wh- cf. Chaozhou khui4.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 7950
Karlgren code: 0540 d
Shijing occurrences: 35.6_
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2015
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 蟹合一去隊匣
ZIHUI: 3391 1236
Beijing: khuei 3; xuei 3
Jinan: khuei 3
Xi'an: khuei 3
Taiyuan: khuei 3
Hankou: khuei 3
Chengdu: khuei 3
Yangzhou: khuǝi 3
Suzhou: gue_ 32
Wenzhou: vai 32
Changsha: khuei 31
Shuangfeng: khui 31
Nanchang: khui 2
Meixian: khui 2
Guangzhou: khui 21
Xiamen: hui 32
Chaozhou: khui 31
Fuzhou: khuei 31
Shanghai: kue_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: xuei 3
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