Definitions
used in 仡佬族[gē lǎo zú], Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou; Taiwan pr. [qì]
strong; brave
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The character 仡 (gē or yì) is a phono-semantic compound. Its left semantic radical 亻 (rén) indicates a human or person, while the right component 乞 (qǐ) provides the phonetic base. Pronounced as yì, it historically served as an adjective in classical texts meaning strong, valiant, or tall. In modern Chinese, it is most commonly pronounced gē, functioning as a proper noun for the Gelao people, an ethnic group in southwestern China, marking a shift from a descriptive term to an ethnolinguistic designation.
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