異客

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (異客)		異	客
simp. (异客)		异	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìkè
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: yì-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihkeh
    • Palladius: икэ (ikɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yiH khaek

Rime
Character	異	客
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	羊吏切	苦格切
Baxter	yiH	khaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨH/	/kʰˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨH/	/kʰᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ieH/	/kʰak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨH/	/kʰaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/iəH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭəH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iH/	/kʰɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	ke
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	hak1

Noun

異客

1. stranger; alien

   • 獨在異鄉為異客，每逢佳節倍思親。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《九月九日憶山東兄弟》, Wang Wei, 700s

     Dú zài yìxiāng wéi yìkè, měi féng jiājié bèi sīqīn. [Pinyin]

     Alone in a strange land, I am a stranger; every happy festival day doubles my longing for family.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (異客):

• → Japanese: 異客(いきゃく) (ikyaku)
• → Korean: 이객(異客) (igaek)