赫赫

Chinese

		distinguished; awe-inspiring	distinguished; awe-inspiring
simp. and trad. (赫赫)		赫	赫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hèhè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak¹ haak¹ / hak¹ hak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hek-hek / hiak-hiak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hèhè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄏㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hèhè
  - Wade–Giles: ho⁴-ho⁴
  - Yale: hè-hè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehheh
  - Palladius: хэхэ (xɛxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak¹ haak¹ / hak¹ hak¹
  - Yale: hāak hāak / hāk hāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁷ haak⁷ / hak⁷ hak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag¹ hag¹ / heg¹ heg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚⁵ haːk̚⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵ hɐk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hek-hek
  - Tâi-lô: hik-hik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hekheg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ hiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ hiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiak-hiak
  - Tâi-lô: hiak-hiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiakhiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hiak̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: xaek xaek

Rime
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼格切
Baxter	xaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/xɐk̚/
Wang Li	/xɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	he
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hak¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤrak qʰˤrak/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːɡ qʰraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	赫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hè
Middle Chinese	‹ xaek ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁrak/
English	red, fiery
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	赫
Reading #	1/1
No.	1474
Phonetic component	赤
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	赫
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːɡ/

Adjective

赫赫

(ideophonic, literary) majestic; grand; magnificent; illustrious; distinguished
- 赫赫師尹，民具爾瞻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  赫赫师尹，民具尔瞻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Hèhè Shī Yǐn, mín jù ěr zhān. [Pinyin]
  Awe-inspiring are you, Master Yin, and the people all look up to you.

Synonyms

煊赫 (xuānhè) (literary)
矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
貴氣／贵气 (gei¹ hei¹) (Taishanese)
顯要／显要 (xiǎnyào)
顯赫／显赫 (xiǎnhè)
高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)

Derived terms

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