一切經音義 36.16

English (machine translation) 36.16

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36.16

謦欬: The first character has the fanqie qing + ying (qǐng). The *Cangjiepian* says: 'Qing is a sound.' The *Zhuangzi* mentions 'coughing and clearing one's throat (qingkai) at his side.' The *Shuowen* says: 'Qing is also kai; composed of the 'speech' (言) semantic and the sheng (殸) phonetic abbreviated.' The second character has the fanqie kai + ai (kài). The *Kaosheng* says: 'Kai means to cough.' The *Shuowen* says: 'Composed of the 'yawn/breath' (欠) semantic and hai (亥) phonetic.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese