悔悟

Chinese

		regret	comprehend
trad. (悔悟)		悔	悟
simp. #(悔悟)		悔	悟
alternative forms		悔寤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ ng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-ngō͘ / hóe-gō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěiwù
    • Wade–Giles: hui³-wu⁴
    • Yale: hwěi-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeiwuh
    • Palladius: хуэйу (xueju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ ng⁶
    • Yale: fui ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ ŋ̍²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hué-ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefngo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: hué-gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefgo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡɔ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: xwojX|xwojH nguH

Rime
Character	悔	悔	悟
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	呼罪切	荒内切	五故切
Baxter	xwojX	xwojH	nguH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huʌiX/	/huʌiH/	/ŋuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/huoiX/	/huoiH/	/ŋuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɒiX/	/xuɒiH/	/ŋoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəjX/	/hwəjH/	/ŋɔH/
Li Rong	/xuᴀiX/	/xuᴀiH/	/ŋoH/
Wang Li	/xuɒiX/	/xuɒiH/	/ŋuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑ̆iX/	/xuɑ̆iH/	/ŋuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ	huì	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui2	fui3	ng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤəʔ  ŋˤa-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmɯːʔ|hmɯːs  ŋaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	悔	悟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǐ	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwojX ›	‹ nguH ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁəʔ/	/*ŋˁa-s/
English	regret, repent	awake, realize
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	悔	悔	悟
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	9318	9319	13152
Phonetic component	母	母	五
Rime group	之	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	賄		誤
Old Chinese	/*hmɯːʔ/	/*hmɯːs/	/*ŋaːs/

Verb

悔悟

1. repent (to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done or omitted to do)

Synonyms

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• 回頭 / 回头 (huítóu) (figuratively)
• 悔 (huǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 悔恨 (huǐhèn)
• 悔過 / 悔过 (huǐguò)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (悔悟):

• → Japanese: 悔(かい)悟(ご) (kaigo)
• → Korean: 회오(悔悟) (hoe'o)

See also

• 悔改 (huǐgǎi)
• 改悔 (gǎihuǐ)