# 狙擊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jūjī, jūjí
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧ, ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^1$ gik$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^1$ kêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jūjī
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuji
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: jyū-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuji
*** Palladius: цзюйцзи (czjujczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jūjí
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyují
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$-chi$^2$
*** Yale: jyū-jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujyi
*** Palladius: цзюйцзи (czjujczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^1$ gik$^1$
*** Yale: jēui gīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^1$ gik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^1$ gig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kɪk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$狙擊／狙击 追擊／追击
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^1$ kêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu khek
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su³³⁻²³ kʰek̚²/
* Middle Chinese: tshjo kek
Rime :
| Character | 狙 | 擊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 七余切 | 古歷切 |
| Baxter | tshjo | kek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨʌ/ | /kek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɔ/ | /kek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰiɔ/ | /kɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨə̆/ | /kɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɔ/ | /kek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭo/ | /kiek̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wo/ | /kiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū | ji |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ | gik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa|sʰas keːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 擊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kek › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁik/ |
| English | strike (v.) |
| 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 | 狙 | 狙 | 擊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10423 | 10434 | 5632 |
| Phonetic component | 且 | 且 | 毄 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 疽 | 覰 | 激 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰa/ | /*sʰas/ | /*keːɡ/ |
| Notes | | 七餘切注又音 | |

### Verb

狙擊
* to ambush; to lie in wait
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Qín Huángdì dōng yóu, Liáng yǔ kè jūjī Qín Huángdì Bólàng shā zhōng, wù zhòng fù chē. [Pinyin]
    Zhang Liang and his hire were lying in wait in the dunes of Bolang to attack the Emperor of Qin who was on his eastward tour. However, they hit his auxiliary carriage by mistake.
* to snipe; to shoot with a sniper rifle

#### Synonyms

* (to ambush): 伏擊／伏击 (fújī)
* (to lie in wait): 埋伏 (máifú)

#### Related terms

* 狙擊手／狙击手 (jūjīshǒu)
* 狙擊槍／狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng)