崔

Translingual edit

催, 凗, 嗺, 墔, 㜠, 𢕘, 慛, 摧, 漼, 獕, 𨻵, 槯, 𣩑, 熣, 𤗯, 𤛍, 璀, 膗, 皠, 磪, 𥼂, 繀(𮉮), 𦉎, 𪧾, 䜅, 𨄍, 鏙(𰾰), 𩌩, 𩏘, 𩞅, 𩪓
𡰋, 𣯧, 𧽠, 𣯯, 䳽, 𦸏, 𩮴, 𡻎, 巂, 𡾧, 𪛂, 𢊛, 𧢠, 𤮯, 𧮋

simp. and trad.		崔
alternative forms		嵟 obsolete

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuei
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹
  - Yale: tswēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuei
  - Palladius: цуй (cuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹
  - Yale: chēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhuî
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cui¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuɪ⁴⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chuŏi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
  - Tâi-lô: tshui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³³/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuī
Middle Chinese	‹ dzwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁuj/
English	high, rocky
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.

崔

high, lofty, towering
height, summit
a surname,
崔琦 ― Cuī Qí ― Daniel Chee Tsui (Chinese-born American physicist and Nobel laureate)

崔

崔 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)

崔: Hán Nôm readings: thôi, thoi, thòi

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