和璧

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad. (和璧)		和	璧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Hébì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Hébì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Hébì
  - Wade–Giles: Ho²-pi⁴
  - Yale: Hé-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Herbih
  - Palladius: Хэби (Xɛbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ pi⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: hwa pjiek

Rime
Character	和	璧
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	戸戈切	必益切
Baxter	hwa	pjiek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑ/	/piᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuɑ/	/piɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑ/	/piæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwa/	/piajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑ/	/piɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑ/	/pĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ/	/pi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huó	bi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wo⁴	bik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤoj pek/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡoːl peɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	和	璧
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ hwa ›	‹ pjiek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁoj/	/*pek/
English	harmonious	circular jade insignium
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	和	璧
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4932	676
Phonetic component	禾	辟
Rime group	歌	錫
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	和	辟
Old Chinese	/*ɡoːl/	/*peɡ/

Proper noun

和璧

short for 和氏璧 (Héshìbì, “Mr. He's jade”)