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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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二
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八
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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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èr
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bā
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyijH ›
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‹ pɛt ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ni-s/
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/*pˁret/
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| English
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two
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eight
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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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二
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八
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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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2824
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89
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Phonetic
component
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二
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八
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Rime
group
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脂
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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二
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八
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Old
Chinese
|
/*njis/
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/*preːd/
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Numeral
二八
- (literary) sixteen
有神人二八，連臂，為帝司夜於此野。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
有神人二八，连臂，为帝司夜于此野。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas
- Yǒu shénrén èrbā, lián bì, wèi Dì sīyè yú cǐ yě.
- There are sixteen gods, arm to arm, who guard the night in this field for Di.
二八齊容，起鄭舞些。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
二八齐容，起郑舞些。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
- Èrbā qí róng, qǐ Zhèng wǔ xiē.
- Sixteen women dressed alike rise to dance to the music of Zheng.
且以色論之，良家子女二八靑春有之，綢縷捲簾之間娼妓少婦有之，靑山白水寡婦之類有之，何必奪有夫之女乎？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 《義興人失其妻於本郡冊方爲定訴於本君》("A man of Uiheung, having lost his wife to a clerk of his county, raises complaint to the county") by Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s
- Cha i saeng non ji, yangga janyeo ipal cheongchun yu ji, ju ru gwol lyeom ji gan changgi sobu yu ji, cheongsan baeksu gwabu ji ryu yu ji, hapil tal yu bu ji nyeo ho? [Sino-Korean]
- Moreover, if we are to speak of sex, there are sixteen-year-old maidens among the children of good families; there are young prostitutes rolling up screens of silken thread; there are widows living by green hills and clear waters; why should he have had to seize a married woman?
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