# 庶幾
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shùjī
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^3$ gei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-ki
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shùjī
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shùji
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: shù-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhji
*** Palladius: шуцзи (šuczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^3$ gei$^1$
*** Yale: syu gēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^3$ gei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^3$ géi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː³³ kei̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-ki
*** Tâi-lô: sù-ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo'ky
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: syoH kj+j
Rime :
| Character | 庶 | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 商署切 | 居依切 |
| Baxter | syoH | kj+j |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨʌ$^H$/ | /kɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /kɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /kiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨə̆$^H$/ | /kɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɔ$^H$/ | /kiəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭo$^H$/ | /kĭəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wo$^H$/ | /ke̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shù | jī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^3$ | gei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s kəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs kɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 庶 | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shù | jī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syo$^H$ › | ‹ kjɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-tak-s/ | /*kəj/ |
| English | numerous; commoner | small; almost |
| 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 | 庶 | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/4 |
| No. | 11905 | 5795 |
| Phonetic component | 庶 | 幾 |
| Rime group | 暮 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 恕 | 機 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljaɡs/ | /*kɯl/ |
| Notes | 甲金文火上爲石， 石亦聲，本炙初文 | |

### Adjective

庶幾
* (literary) similar; about the same
** (in particular) good enough, quite good; similar to a state of excellence
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wáng zhī hǎo yuè shèn, zé Qí guó qí shùjǐ hū! [Pinyin]
    If the king's love of music is great, the country of Qi would be quite well[-governed]!
    From: 《中庸章句》, Zhu Xi, 1100s
    “yǔn zhí jué zhōng” zhě, Yáo zhī suǒyǐ shòu Shùn yě. “rénxīn wéi wēi, dàoxīn wéi wēi, wéi jīng wéi yī, yǔn zhí jué zhōng” zhě, Shùn zhī suǒyǐ shòu Yǔ yě. Yáo zhī yī yán, zhì yǐ, jìn yǐ! Ér shùn fù yì zhī yǐ sān yán zhě, zé suǒyǐ míng fū yáo zhī yī yán, bì rúshì érhòu kě shùjǐ yě. [Pinyin]
    "Hold fast to the Mean" was what Yao taught to Shun. "Men's hearts are perilous, the Way's heart is trifling; be meticulous, be steadfast, hold fast to the Mean" was what Shun taught to Yu. Yao's one saying was fundamental and complete! But Shun added three more sayings to it. The reason was to illuminate that one saying of Yao, [showing that] one must be such in order to approach [Yao's virtue].

### Adverb

庶幾
* (literary) perhaps; maybe; hopefully; expresses speculation, typically with a hopeful nuance.
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wú wáng shùjǐ wú jíbìng yǔ? Héyǐ néng gǔyuè yě? [Pinyin]
    Could it be that our king is free from sickness? How can he have this music performed?
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wáng shùjǐ gǎi zhī, yǔ rì wàng zhī. [Pinyin]
    Hopefully the king changes [his mind]. I wish for this every day.

### Verb

庶幾
* (literary) to wish; to hope

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 庶 | 幾 |
| しょ Grade: S | き Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 庶幾 (MC syoH kj+j).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕo̞kʲi]

### Verb

庶(しょ)幾(き)する • (shoki suru) transitive suru (stem 庶(しょ)幾(き)し (shoki shi), past 庶(しょ)幾(き)した (shoki shita))
* (dated) to wish; to hope

#### Inflection

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 庶幾し | しょきし | shoki shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 庶幾し | しょきし | shoki shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 庶幾する | しょきする | shoki suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 庶幾する | しょきする | shoki suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 庶幾すれ | しょきすれ | shoki sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 庶幾せよ¹ 庶幾しろ² | しょきせよ¹ しょきしろ² | shoki seyo¹ shoki shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 庶幾される | しょきされる | shoki sareru |
| Causative | 庶幾させる 庶幾さす | しょきさせる しょきさす | shoki saseru shoki sasu |
| Potential | 庶幾できる | しょきできる | shoki dekiru |
| Volitional | 庶幾しよう | しょきしよう | shoki shiyō |
| Negative | 庶幾しない | しょきしない | shoki shinai |
| Negative continuative | 庶幾せず | しょきせず | shoki sezu |
| Formal | 庶幾します | しょきします | shoki shimasu |
| Perfective | 庶幾した | しょきした | shoki shita |
| Conjunctive | 庶幾して | しょきして | shoki shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 庶幾すれば | しょきすれば | shoki sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||