# 雲譎波詭
## Chinese

| | | cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname | deceitful | wave; (Cantonese) ball | sly; crafty |
| trad. (雲譎波詭) | trad. (雲譎波詭) | 雲 | 譎 | 波 | 詭 |
| simp. (云谲波诡) | simp. (云谲波诡) | 云 | 谲 | 波 | 诡 |
| anagrams | anagrams | 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 | 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 | 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 | 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yúnjuébōguǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^4$ kyut$^3$ bo$^1$ gwai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúnjuébōguǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúnjyuéboguěi
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^2$-chüeh$^2$-po$^1$-kuei$^3$
*** Yale: yún-jywé-bwō-gwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunjyuebogoei
*** Palladius: юньцзюэбогуй (junʹczjueboguj)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^4$ kyut$^3$ bo$^1$ gwai$^2$
*** Yale: wàhn kyut bō gwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^4$ kyt$^8$ bo$^1$ gwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^4$ küd$^3$ bo$^1$ guei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn²¹ kʰyːt̚³ pɔː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hjun kwet pa kjweX
Rime :
| Character | 雲 | 譎 | 波 | 詭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 見 (28) | 幫 (1) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) | 屑 (88) | 戈 (95) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | IV | I | III |
| Fanqie | 王分切 | 古穴切 | 博禾切 | 過委切 |
| Baxter | hjun | kwet | pa | kjweX |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨun/ | /kwet̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kˠiuᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiun/ | /kʷet̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kʷᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuən/ | /kuɛt̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kiuɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦun/ | /kwɛt̚/ | /pwa/ | /kjwiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuən/ | /kuet̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kjue$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭuən/ | /kiwet̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kǐwe$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯uən/ | /kiwet̚/ | /puɑ/ | /kwie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yún | jue | bō | guǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^4$ | gyut$^3$ | bo$^1$ | gwai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n] [C.q]ʷˤi[t] pˤaj [k](r)ojʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun kʷiːd paːl krolʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 雲 | 譎 | 波 | 詭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yún | jué | bō | guǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjun › | ‹ kwet › | ‹ pa › | ‹ kjwe$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/ | /*[C.q]ʷˁi[t]/ | /*pˁaj/ | /*[k](r)ojʔ/ |
| English | cloud | treacherous; deceive | wave (n.) | perverse |
| 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 | 雲 | 譎 | 波 | 詭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 16358 | 16006 | 9719 | 12767 |
| Phonetic component | 云 | 矞 | 皮 | 危 |
| Rime group | 文 | 質 | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雲 | 玦 | 波 | 詭 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢun/ | /*kʷiːd/ | /*paːl/ | /*krolʔ/ |

### Idiom

雲譎波詭
* to be unpredictable and ever-changing; to be highly changeable

#### Synonyms

* 波詭雲譎／波诡云谲 (bōguǐyúnjué)
* 波譎雲詭／波谲云诡 (bōjuéyúnguǐ)