介紹

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See also: 紹介 and 介绍

Chinese

introduce; lie between; between connect; to introduce
trad. (介紹)
simp. (介绍)
anagram 紹介绍介

Etymology

From 《禮記·聘義》:.

介紹君子 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
介绍君子 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Jiè shào ér chuán mìng, jūnzǐ yú qí suǒzūn fúgǎn zhì, jìng zhī zhì yě.
The messages (between the visitor and the host) were passed through all the attendants, from one to another. A superior man, where he wishes to do honour, will not venture to communicate directly and in person. This was a high tribute of respect.

See also the Etymology section at 紹介.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (25)
Final () (33) (91)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter keajH dzyewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛiH/ /d͡ʑiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæiH/ /d͡ʑiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐiH/ /d͡ʑjæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨjH/ /d͡ʑiawX/
Li
Rong
/kɛiH/ /ʑiɛuX/
Wang
Li
/kɐiH/ /ʑĭɛuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kăiH/ /ʑi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiè shào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai3 siu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁrp-s/
English armour; scale of animals

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. 6525 2144
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːds/ /*djewʔ/

Verb

介紹

  1. to introduce
  2. to recommend
  3. to explain (a situation); to brief
  4. (Philippine Hokkien) to introduce a possible romantic partner

Synonyms

  • (to introduce): (someone to someone else) 引見引见 (yǐnjiàn)
  • (to recommend):
  • (to explain):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (介紹):
  • Vietnamese: giới thiệu (介紹)

Further reading