碧漢

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	the Milky Way
trad. (碧漢)		碧	漢
simp. (碧汉)		碧	汉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhàn
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-han⁴
    • Yale: bì-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhann
    • Palladius: бихань (bixanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ hon³
    • Yale: bīk hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hɔːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiek xanH

Rime
Character	碧	漢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	昔 (124)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	彼役切	呼旰切
Baxter	pjiek	xanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwiᴇk̚/	/hɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɛk̚/	/hɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuæk̚/	/xɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwiajk̚/	/hanH/
Li Rong	/piuɛk̚/	/xɑnH/
Wang Li	/pĭwɛk̚/	/xɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯wɛk̚/	/xɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bik1	hon3

Noun

碧漢

1. (literary) the Milky Way; blue sky