解釋

See also: 解释 and 解釈

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	explain; to release
trad. (解釋)		解	釋
simp. (解释)		解	释

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiěshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-sṳt / kiái-sṳt
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāi-sék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kái-sek / kái-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi² sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ka-seq; ⁵cia-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyě-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeshyh
    • Palladius: цзеши (czeši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaai² sik¹
    • Yale: gáai sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 解析 解釋 / 解释

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˋ siid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie³ sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ sɨt̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-sṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai^ˋ siid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ sid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ sɨt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāi-sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-sek
    • Tâi-lô: kái-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kayseg
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-siak
    • Tâi-lô: kái-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaysiag
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi² sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ka-seq; ⁵cia-seq
    • MiniDict: ka^去 seh; cia^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ka-seq; ²jia-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³³ səʔ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕia³³ səʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: keaX|keaH syek

Rime
Character	解	解	釋
Reading #	2/4	3/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	佳 (31)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	佳買切	古隘切	施隻切
Baxter	keaX	keaH	syek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛX/	/kˠɛH/	/ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæX/	/kᵚæH/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kæiX/	/kæiH/	/ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨjX/	/kaɨjH/	/ɕiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛX/	/kɛH/	/ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kaiX/	/kaiH/	/ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kaiX/	/kaiH/	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ	jià	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai2	gaai3	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤreʔ  l̥Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːʔ|kreːs  hljaɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	解	釋
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiě	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛX ›	‹ syek ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁreʔ/	/*l̥Ak/
English	cut up; unloose	release; dissolve
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	解	解	釋
Reading #	1/4	2/4	1/1
No.	6474	6478	15134
Phonetic component	解	解	睪
Rime group	支	支	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	解	懈	釋
Old Chinese	/*kreːʔ/	/*kreːs/	/*hljaɡ/

Verb

解釋

1. to explain; to elucidate
2. to analyse; to interpret; to expound
3. (literal and literary) to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel

   • 解釋世俗之疑，辯照是非之理 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     解释世俗之疑，辩照是非之理 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     jiěshì shìsú zhī yí, biànzhào shìfēi zhī lǐ [Pinyin]

     freeing the vulgar from their confusion
     and shining a light on the rights and wrongs

   • 解釋春風無限恨 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     解释春风无限恨 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. the early 740s, Li Bai (李白), Qing Ping Diao (《清平調》). English translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (小畑薫良), 1922.

     jiěshì chūnfēng wúxiàn hèn [Pinyin]

     Vanquished are the endless longings of love

Synonyms

• (to explain):

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• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
• 分解 (fēnjiě)
• 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解說 / 解说 (jiěshuō)
• 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
• 說 / 说
• 說明 / 说明 (shuōmíng)
• 說解 / 说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
• 講明 / 讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
• 講解 / 讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
• 開拆 / 开拆 (Hokkien)
• 開釋 / 开释 (kāishì) (literary)
• 闡明 / 阐明 (chǎnmíng)
• 闡發 / 阐发 (chǎnfā)
• 闡說 / 阐说 (chǎnshuō)
• 闡論 / 阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
• 闡釋 / 阐释 (chǎnshì)
• 陳 / 陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)

• (to expound): 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì), 闡述／阐述 (chǎnshù), 論述／论述 (lùnshù), (Min Nan) 開拆／开拆
• (to remove):

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• 免
• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 刷 (colloquial)
• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 去掉 (qùdiào)
• 去除 (qùchú)
• 報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
• 屏除 (bǐngchú)
• 廓清 (kuòqīng)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 掃 / 扫
• 排解 (páijiě)
• 掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
• 排除 (páichú)
• 摒除
• 撤 (chè)
• 撤除 (chèchú)
• 消 (xiāo)
• 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
• 消解 (xiāojiě)
• 消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
• 消除 (xiāochú)
• 淘汰 (táotài)
• 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
• 清除 (qīngchú)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
• 破除 (pòchú)
• 祛除 (qūchú)
• 罷 / 罢
• 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
• 肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
• 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 解除 (jiěchú)
• 鋤 / 锄 (chú)
• 鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
• 除
• 除去 (chúqù)
• 除忒 (Hakka)
• 除掉 (chúdiào)
• 除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)

Noun

解釋

1. explanation
2. analysis; interpretation

Derived terms

• 解釋器 / 解释器 (jiěshìqì)
• 解釋學 / 解释学 (jiěshìxué)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解釋):

• → Japanese: 解釋(かいしゃく) (kaishaku)
• → Korean: 해석(解釋) (haeseok)
• → Vietnamese: giải thích (解釋)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	釋
かい Grade: 5	しゃく Hyōgai
kan'on	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 解釋 – see the following entry.

【解釈かいしゃく】 [noun] interpretation [verb] to interpret

(This term, 解釋, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
解	釋

Noun

解釋 • (haeseok) (hangeul 해석)

1. hanja form^? of 해석 (“interpretation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
解	釋

Verb

解釋

1. chữ Hán form of giải thích (“to explain; to explicate”)