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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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三
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皇
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五
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帝
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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心 (16)
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匣 (33)
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疑 (31)
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端 (5)
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Final (韻)
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談 (143)
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唐 (102)
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模 (23)
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齊 (39)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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IV
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Fanqie
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蘇甘切
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胡光切
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疑古切
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都計切
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Baxter
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sam
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hwang
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nguX
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tejH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/sɑm/
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/ɦwɑŋ/
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/ŋuoX/
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/teiH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/sɑm/
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/ɦʷɑŋ/
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/ŋuoX/
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/teiH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/sɑm/
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ŋoX/
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/tɛiH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/sam/
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/ɦwaŋ/
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/ŋɔX/
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/tɛjH/
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Li Rong
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/sɑm/
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ŋoX/
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/teiH/
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Wang Li
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/sɑm/
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/ɣuɑŋ/
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/ŋuX/
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/tieiH/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/sɑm/
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/ɣwɑŋ/
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/ŋuoX/
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/tieiH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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sān
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huáng
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wǔ
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dì
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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saam1
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wong4
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ng5
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dai3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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三
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皇
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皇
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五
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帝
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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sān
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huáng
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huáng
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wǔ
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dì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sam ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ nguX ›
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‹ tejH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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/*ʷˁaŋ/
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/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
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/*tˁek-s/
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English
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three
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yellow and white spotted
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sovereign
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five
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God
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Proper noun
三皇五帝
- (Chinese mythology) the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
See also
Japanese
三皇五帝 on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
From Chinese 三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
三皇五帝 • (Sankō Gotei) ←さんくわうごてい (Sankwaugotei)?
- the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
See also
Korean
Proper noun
三皇五帝 • (Samhwang'oje) (hangeul 삼황오제)
- hanja form? of 삼황오제 (“the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
三皇五帝
- chữ Hán form of Tam Hoàng Ngũ Đế (“the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors”).