雲譎波詭

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	deceitful	wave; (Cantonese) ball	sly; crafty
trad. (雲譎波詭)		雲	譎	波	詭
simp. (云谲波诡)		云	谲	波	诡
anagrams		波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúnjuébōguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ kyut³ bo¹ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúnjuébōguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúnjyuéboguěi
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-chüeh²-po¹-kuei³
    • Yale: yún-jywé-bwō-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunjyuebogoei
    • Palladius: юньцзюэбогуй (junʹczjueboguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ kyut³ bo¹ gwai²
    • Yale: wàhn kyut bō gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ kyt⁸ bo¹ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ küd³ bo¹ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ kʰyːt̚³ pɔː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hjun kwet pa kjweX

Rime
Character	雲	譎	波	詭
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	見 (28)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	屑 (88)	戈 (95)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV	I	III
Fanqie	王分切	古穴切	博禾切	過委切
Baxter	hjun	kwet	pa	kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/	/kwet̚/	/puɑ/	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/	/kʷet̚/	/puɑ/	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/	/kuɛt̚/	/puɑ/	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/	/kwɛt̚/	/pwa/	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/	/kuet̚/	/puɑ/	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/	/kiwet̚/	/puɑ/	/kǐweX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uən/	/kiwet̚/	/puɑ/	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún	jue	bō	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4	gyut3	bo1	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]  [C.q]ʷˤi[t]  pˤaj  [k](r)ojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun  kʷiːd  paːl  krolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雲	譎	波	詭
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	jué	bō	guǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›	‹ kwet ›	‹ pa ›	‹ kjweX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/	/*[C.q]ʷˁi[t]/	/*pˁaj/	/*[k](r)ojʔ/
English	cloud	treacherous; deceive	wave (n.)	perverse
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	雲	譎	波	詭
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	16358	16006	9719	12767
Phonetic component	云	矞	皮	危
Rime group	文	質	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	雲	玦	波	詭
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/	/*kʷiːd/	/*paːl/	/*krolʔ/

Idiom

雲譎波詭

1. to be unpredictable and ever-changing; to be highly changeable

Synonyms

• 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 (bōguǐyúnjué)
• 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 (bōjuéyúnguǐ)