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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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丕
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顯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pī
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xiǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ phij ›
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‹ xenX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰrə/
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/*qʰˁenʔ/
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| English
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great
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display, manifest
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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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丕
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顯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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1007
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13537
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Phonetic
component
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不
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顯
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Rime
group
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之
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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丕
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顯
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰrɯ/
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/*hŋeːnʔ/
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| Notes
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不的轉註字
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Adjective
丕顯
- (archaic, formal and idiomatic) illustrious; magnificent; great; glorious
克拜稽首，敢對揚丕顯天子魯休。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
克拜稽首，敢对扬丕显天子鲁休。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 10th–9th century BCE, Da Ke Ding inscriptions (大克鼎銘文)
- Kè bài qǐshǒu, gǎn duì yáng pīxiǎn tiānzǐ lǔ xiū.
- Ke bowed and rested his head upon the folded hands on the ground. Full of awe, he responded with the celebration of the glorious King's blissful goodness.
丕顯晉公大冢明殛視之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
丕显晋公大冢明殛视之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 5th century BCE, Houma Oaths (侯馬盟書)
- Pīxiǎn Jìngōng dà zhǒng míng jí shìzhī.
- May the ancient great sovereigns of Jin from high above show them (oath-breakers) their doom with prejudice.
惟乃丕顯考文王，克明德慎罰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
惟乃丕显考文王，克明德慎罚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wéi nǎi pīxiǎn kǎo Wénwáng, kè míng dé shèn fá.
- t was your greatly distinguished father, the king Wen, who was able to illustrate his virtue and be careful in the use of punishments.