覬覦

See also: 觊觎

Chinese

covet; long for passionately desire
trad. (覬覦) 覬 覦
simp. (觊觎) 觊 觎

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 覬 覦 覦
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 虞 (24) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 几利切 羊朱切 羊戍切
Baxter kijH yu yuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪH/ /jɨo/ /jɨoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiH/ /jio/ /jioH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɪH/ /io/ /ioH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjiH/ /juə̆/ /juə̆H/
Li
Rong
/kjiH/ /io/ /ioH/
Wang
Li
/kiH/ /jĭu/ /jĭuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiH/ /i̯u/ /i̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jì yú yù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei3 jyu4 jyu6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 覬 覦 覦
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 10121 15861 15882
Phonetic
component
豈 俞 俞
Rime
group
微 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
冀 逾 裕
Old
Chinese
/*krɯls/ /*lo/ /*los/

Verb

覬覦

  1. (literary) to covet; to eye greedily
    北冰洋是一片被眾多國家所覬覦的「白色世界」。 [MSC, trad.]
    北冰洋是一片被众多国家所觊觎的「白色世界」。 [MSC, simp.]
    Běibīngyáng shì yī piàn bèi zhòngduō guójiā suǒ jìyú de “báisè shìjiè”. [Pinyin]
    The Arctic Ocean is a "winter wonderland" that has been coveted by many nations.

Noun

覬覦

  1. (literary) presumptuous desire or attempt

Derived terms

  • 覬覦之心/觊觎之心
  • 覬覦之志/觊觎之志
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