俟

See also: 竢

俟 U+4FDF, 俟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FDF ← 俞 [U+4FDE] CJK Unified Ideographs 俠 → [U+4FE0]

Translingual

Han character

俟 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人大 (OIOK), four-corner 2323₄, composition ⿰亻矣)

Derived characters

• 𬾴, 𢰇, 𢉡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 705
• Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 168, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4FDF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俟
Small seal script s05703 Transcribed ancient scripts L13820 L13821 L13818 L13819
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唉	*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭	*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨	*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟	*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		俟
simp. #		俟
alternative forms		竢／俟 䇃

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi⁶
    • Yale: jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: so⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɵ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 俟
Mandarin	Beijing	/sz̩⁵¹/
	Harbin	/sz̩⁵³/
	Tianjin	/sz̩⁵³/
	Jinan	/sz̩²¹/
	Qingdao	/sz̩⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/sz̩³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sz̩⁴⁴/
	Xining	/sz̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/sz̩¹³/
	Lanzhou	/sz̩¹³/
	Ürümqi	/sz̩²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sz̩³⁵/
	Chengdu	/sz̩¹³/
	Guiyang
	Kunming	/sz̩²¹²/
	Nanjing	/sz̩⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sz̩⁴⁵/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/sz̩⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/zz̩²³/
	Suzhou	/zz̩³¹/
	Hangzhou	/zz̩¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zz̩³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/sz̩²²/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/sz̩⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/sz̩⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/sz̩⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡si²²/
	Nanning	/sz̩²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡si²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/su²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/søy²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sɯ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/si³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zriX

Rime
Character	俟
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	俟 (22)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牀史切
Baxter	zriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʒɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʐɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʒieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʐɨX/
Li Rong	/ʒiəX/
Wang Li	/ʒĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]rəʔ/, /*s.[ɢ]rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɢrɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俟	俟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì	sì
Middle Chinese	‹ zriX ›	‹ zriX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]rəʔ/	/*s.[ɢ]rəʔ/
English	wait	move on
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	俟
Reading #	1/2
No.	14944
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	俟
Old Chinese	/*sɢrɯʔ/

Definitions

俟

1. to wait

   • 如其禮樂，以俟君子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     如其礼乐，以俟君子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rú qí lǐyuè, yǐ sì jūnzǐ. [Pinyin]

     As to teaching them the principles of propriety and music, I must wait for the rise of a superior man to do that.

Compounds

• 俟罪 (sìzuì)

 

Pronunciation 2

trad.		俟
simp. #		俟

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gj+j

Rime
Character	俟
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠希切
Baxter	gj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨj/
Li Rong	/ɡiəi/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ge̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡlɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俟
Reading #	2/2
No.	14951
Phonetic component	矣
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	祈
Old Chinese	/*ɡlɯl/
Notes	万俟

Definitions

俟

1. Used in 万俟 (Mòqí).

References

• “俟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “俟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 181.

Japanese

Kanji

俟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: まつ (matsu, 俟つ)

Korean

Hanja

俟 • (sa, gi) (hangeul 사, 기, revised sa, gi, McCune–Reischauer sa, ki)

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