不在

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Chinese

not; no
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad.
(不在)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/2 2/2
Initial () (1) (1) (1) (15) (15)
Final () (136) (136) (60) (41) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open Open
Division () III III III I I
Fanqie
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut dzojX dzojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /d͡zʌiX/ /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /d͡zəiX/ /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /d͡zɒiX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /d͡zəjX/ /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /d͡zᴀiX/ /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /d͡zɒiX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iX/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu zài zài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 zoi6 zoi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zài
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ dzojX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*ˁəʔ/
English not be at, be present

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/2 2/2
No. 1025 1029 1048 1064 1065
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*zlɯːʔ/ /*zlɯːs/
Notes

Verb

不在

  1. to be not at; to be out (of something)
  2. (euphemistic) to be dead; to have passed away

Usage notes

In the euphemistic sense to be dead, it is usually followed by (le) to indicate a change of state.

Synonyms

  • (to be dead):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ざい
Grade: 5
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ざい) (fuzai

  1. absence
    Synonyms: 欠席 (kesseki), 留守 (rusu)
    Antonyms: 在席 (zaiseki), 在宅 (zaitaku)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

不在 (bujae) (hangeul 부재)

  1. Hanja form? of 부재 (absence).