伏法

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Chinese

conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
simp. and trad.
(伏法)
Literally: “to submit before the law”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (1)
Final () (4) (148)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuwk pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuk̚/ /pɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuk̚/ /piɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuk̚/ /piɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwk̚/ /puap̚/
Li
Rong
/biuk̚/ /piɐp̚/
Wang
Li
/bĭuk̚/ /pĭwɐp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯uk̚/ /pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fuk6 faat3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuwk › ‹ pjop ›
Old
Chinese
/*ək/ /*ap/
English lie prostrate model, law

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 # 2/2 1/1
No. 3333 2867
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bɯɡ/ /*pqab/
Notes

Verb

伏法

  1. (intransitive) to be executed; to be put to death