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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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以
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怨
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怨
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報
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德
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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以 (36)
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影 (34)
|
影 (34)
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幫 (1)
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端 (5)
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| Final (韻)
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之 (19)
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元 (66)
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元 (66)
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豪 (89)
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德 (131)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Checked (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Closed
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
|
III
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III
|
III
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I
|
I
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| Fanqie
|
羊己切
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於袁切
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於願切
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博耗切
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多則切
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| Baxter
|
yiX
|
'jwon
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'jwonH
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pawH
|
tok
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| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/jɨX/
|
/ʔʉɐn/
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/ʔʉɐnH/
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/pɑuH/
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/tək̚/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/jɨX/
|
/ʔʷiɐn/
|
/ʔʷiɐnH/
|
/pɑuH/
|
/tək̚/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ieX/
|
/ʔiuɐn/
|
/ʔiuɐnH/
|
/pɑuH/
|
/tək̚/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/jɨX/
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/ʔuan/
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/ʔuanH/
|
/pawH/
|
/tək̚/
|
Li
Rong
|
/iəX/
|
/ʔiuɐn/
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/ʔiuɐnH/
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/pɑuH/
|
/tək̚/
|
Wang
Li
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/jĭəX/
|
/ĭwɐn/
|
/ĭwɐnH/
|
/pɑuH/
|
/tək̚/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/iX/
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/ʔi̯wɐn/
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/ʔi̯wɐnH/
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/pɑuH/
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/tək̚/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
yǐ
|
yuān
|
yuàn
|
bào
|
de
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
ji5
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jyun1
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jyun3
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bou3
|
dak1
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
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以
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怨
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報
|
德
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| Reading #
|
1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yǐ
|
yuàn
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bào
|
dé
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ yiX ›
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‹ ʔjwonH ›
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‹ pawH ›
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‹ tok ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ləʔ/
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/*o-s/
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/*pˁuk-s/
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/*tˁək/
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| English
|
take, use
|
resentment
|
repay
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virtue
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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)
|
| Character
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以
|
怨
|
怨
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報
|
德
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| Reading #
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1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
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1/1
|
1/1
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| No.
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14929
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16286
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16305
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329
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17266
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Phonetic
component
|
以
|
夗
|
夗
|
報
|
直
|
Rime
group
|
之
|
元
|
元
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奧
|
職
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
3
|
3
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1
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
以
|
鴛
|
怨
|
報
|
德
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*lɯʔ/
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/*qon/
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/*qons/
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/*puːɡs/
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/*tɯːɡ/
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Idiom
以怨報德
- to return evil for good; to return injury for kindness; to bite the hand that feeds one
子曰：「以德報怨，則寬身之仁也；以怨報德，則刑戮之民也。」
子曰：「以德报怨，则宽身之仁也；以怨报德，则刑戮之民也。」 - From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Yǐ dé bào yuàn, zé kuānshēn zhī rén yě; yǐ yuàn bào dé, zé xínglù zhī mín yě.”
- The Master said, ‘They who return kindness for injury are such as have a regard for their own persons. They who return injury for kindness are men to be punished and put to death.’
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