孤兒

See also: 孤儿 and 孤児

Chinese

lone; lonely son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (孤兒)
simp. (孤儿)

Etymology

“motherfucking”
Derived from 你媽死了你妈死了 (nǐ mā sǐ le). A person who has lost his/her mother means that he/she is an orphan.

Pronunciation


Note: gu1 ri5 - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (38)
Final () (23) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuo/ /ȵiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuo/ /ȵiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ko/ /ȵʑjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɔ/ /ȵiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ko/ /ȵie/
Wang
Li
/ku/ /ȵʑǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuo/ /ȵʑie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gu1 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ér
Middle
Chinese
‹ ku › ‹ nye ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʷˁa/ /*ŋe/
English orphan child

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 4347 2757
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷaː/ /*ŋje/

Noun

孤兒

  1. orphan

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

孤兒

  1. (Mainland China, Internet slang, offensive) motherfucking
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