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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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不
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穀
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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bù
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gǔ
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ pjuw ›
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‹ kuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*pə/
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/*ˁok/
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| English
|
not
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grain
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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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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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不
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不
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不
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穀
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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| No.
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1025
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1029
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1048
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7423
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Phonetic
component
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不
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不
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不
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殻
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Rime
group
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之
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之
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物
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屋
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
不
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缶
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弗
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穀
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Old
Chinese
|
/*pɯ/
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/*pɯʔ/
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/*pɯ'/
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/*kloːɡ/
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| Notes
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象花柎與本同源
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中古才促化
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Pronoun
不穀
- (literary, humble) I; "no grain" or "not good", (reserved for use by the king)
公子若反晉國，則何以報不穀？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
公子若反晋国，则何以报不谷？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Gōngzǐ ruò fǎn jìnguó, zé héyǐ bào bùgǔ?
- If you can return to Jin, how will you repay me?
不穀國雖小，已悉發之矣。願大國遂肆志於秦，不穀將以楚殉韓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
不谷国虽小，已悉发之矣。愿大国遂肆志于秦，不谷将以楚殉韩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Bùgǔ guó suī xiǎo, yǐ xī fā zhī yǐ. Yuàn dàguó suì sì zhì yú qín, bùgǔ jiāng yǐ chǔ xùn hán.
- Even though my country is small, we have already dispatched all of our troops. I hope your country can fight against Qin at will; I will sacrifice the State of Chu for Han.
Usage notes
Often used by the viscounts and kings of Chu.
Synonyms
Descendants