高椅

Chinese

		high; tall	chair
simp. and trad. (高椅)		高	椅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāoyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ji²
Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ in²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gāoyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauyyi
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ ji²
  - Yale: gōu yí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ji²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ yi²
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ jiː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ in²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau íⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ ĩ⁵²/

Noun

高椅

(兒童～, 嬰兒～) highchair (elevated chair used for feeding babies)
(Teochew) armchair; chair

Descendants

→ Thai: เก้าอี้ (gâo-îi)
→ Lao: ເກົ້າອີ້ (kao ’ī)
→ Khmer: កៅអី (kawʾəy)

References

Duffus, William, “chair” (p. 39) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.

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