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fanchieh

fanchieh is the alternative form of fanqie.

Meaning of fanqie

Noun

fanqie (uncountable)

  1. (Chinese) In traditional Chinese lexicography, a method of indicating the pronunciation of a character by using two other characters, each giving part of the pronunciation.

Origin of fanchieh

From Mandarin 反切 (fǎnqiè) Wade–Giles romanization fan³-chʻieh⁴.

Questions about fanchieh

What is fanchieh the alternative form of?
Fanchieh is the alternative form of fanqie.

Words near fanchieh in the dictionary

  1. fanchant
  2. fanchants
  3. Fancheng
  4. Fancher
  5. Fanchers
  6. fanchieh
  7. fanchonette
  8. fanchonettes
  9. fanciable
  10. fancible
  11. fancical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanchieh (page history and authors); fanqie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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