亂世

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See also: 乱世

Chinese

in confusion; disorderly
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
trad. (亂世)
simp. (乱世)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (26)
Final () (62) (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter lwanH syejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luɑnH/ /ɕiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lʷɑnH/ /ɕiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɑnH/ /ɕjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwanH/ /ɕiajH/
Li
Rong
/luɑnH/ /ɕiɛiH/
Wang
Li
/luɑnH/ /ɕĭɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/luɑnH/ /ɕi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
luàn shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lyun6 sai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
luàn shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwanH › ‹ syejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁo-s/ /*l̥ap-s/
English disorder, rebellion generation

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 8645 11537
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roːns/ /*hljebs/
Notes

Noun

亂世

  1. (literary) unsettled and chaotic times

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Sino-Xenic (亂世):