不敏

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Chinese

not; no keen; sensitive
simp. and trad.
(不敏)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial () (1) (1) (1) (4)
Final () (136) (136) (60) (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division () III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut minX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /mˠiɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /mᵚinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /mienX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /mjinX/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /mjĕnX/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /mǐĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /mi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu mǐn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 man5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ minX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*mrəʔ/ (~ *mrəʔ)
English not diligent, active

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 9296 9297
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*mrɯʔ/ /*mrɯŋʔ/
Notes

Adjective

不敏

  1. (literary, sometimes humble) not clever