滑稽

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	bow to the ground; inspect; check
trad. (滑稽)		滑	稽
simp. ^#(滑稽)		滑	稽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huájī, gǔjī

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ kai¹ / gwat¹ kai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): va̍t-hî
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku̍t-khe
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸waq-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huájī → huáji (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄐㄧ → ㄏㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huáji̊
  - Wade–Giles: hua²-chi⁵
  - Yale: hwá-ji
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa.ji
  - Palladius: хуацзи (xuaczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ → /xu̯ä³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i³/
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔji
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-chi¹
  - Yale: gǔ-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuji
  - Palladius: гуцзи (guczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat⁶ kai¹ / gwat¹ kai¹
  - Yale: waaht kāi / gwāt kāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ kai¹ / gwat⁷ kai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ kei¹ / gued¹ kei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚² kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷɐt̚⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: va̍t-hî
  - Hakka Romanization System: vad hi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vad⁶ hi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vat̚⁵ hi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku̍t-khe
  - Tâi-lô: ku̍t-khe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kudqef
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻² kʰe³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰe⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² kʰe⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸waq-ci
  - MiniDict: wah^入 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhuaq-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuaʔ¹¹ t͡ɕi²³/

Middle Chinese: kwot kej

Rime
Character	滑	稽
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古忽切	古奚切
Baxter	kwot	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuət̚/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/kuot̚/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuət̚/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwət̚/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/kuət̚/	/kei/
Wang Li	/kuət̚/	/kiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuət̚/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwat¹	gai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kuːd kiː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滑	稽
Reading #	2/3	1/2
No.	4324	17317
Phonetic component	骨	旨
Rime group	物	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	骨	雞
Old Chinese	/*kuːd/	/*kiː/

Adjective

滑稽

(literary) eloquent; articulate
comical; funny; amusing; witty

Synonyms

(comical):

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古味 (Hakka)
古怪 (Hakka)
可笑 (kěxiào)
好笑 (hǎoxiào)
幽默 (yōumò)
搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
詼諧 / 诙谐 (huīxié)
風趣 / 风趣 (fēngqù)

Derived terms

滑天下之大稽 (huá tiānxià zhī dàjī)
滑稽戲 / 滑稽戏

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滑稽):

→ Japanese: 滑稽(こっけい) (kokkei)

Noun

滑稽

(historical) a type of ancient wine drinking vessel
a type of comedic Chinese opera performed in Shanghai, Suzhou, and surrounding areas
(Mainland China, Internet slang) the smug emoticon on Tieba

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滑	稽
こつ > こっ Grade: S	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こっけー [kòkkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚ke̞ː]

Adjective

滑(こっ)稽(けい) • (kokkei) -na (adnominal 滑(こっ)稽(けい)な (kokkei na), adverbial 滑(こっ)稽(けい)に (kokkei ni))

comical, humorous, funny, ridiculous

Inflection

Inflection of 滑稽
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	滑稽だろ	こっけいだろ	kokkei daro
Continuative (連用形)	滑稽で	こっけいで	kokkei de
Terminal (終止形)	滑稽だ	こっけいだ	kokkei da
Attributive (連体形)	滑稽な	こっけいな	kokkei na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	滑稽なら	こっけいなら	kokkei nara
Imperative (命令形)	滑稽であれ	こっけいであれ	kokkei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	滑稽ではない滑稽じゃない	こっけいではないこっけいじゃない	kokkei de wa nai kokkei ja nai
Informal past	滑稽だった	こっけいだった	kokkei datta
Informal negative past	滑稽ではなかった滑稽じゃなかった	こっけいではなかったこっけいじゃなかった	kokkei de wa nakatta kokkei ja nakatta
Formal	滑稽です	こっけいです	kokkei desu
Formal negative	滑稽ではありません滑稽じゃありません	こっけいではありませんこっけいじゃありません	kokkei de wa arimasen kokkei ja arimasen
Formal past	滑稽でした	こっけいでした	kokkei deshita
Formal negative past	滑稽ではありませんでした滑稽じゃありませんでした	こっけいではありませんでしたこっけいじゃありませんでした	kokkei de wa arimasen deshita kokkei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	滑稽で	こっけいで	kokkei de
Conditional	滑稽なら（ば）	こっけいなら（ば）	kokkei nara (ba)
Provisional	滑稽だったら	こっけいだったら	kokkei dattara
Volitional	滑稽だろう	こっけいだろう	kokkei darō
Adverbial	滑稽に	こっけいに	kokkei ni
Degree	滑稽さ	こっけいさ	kokkeisa

Noun

滑(こっ)稽(けい) • (kokkei)

humorousness, jocosity, waggery

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“滑稽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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