伯勞

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Chinese

father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address
 
toil
trad. (伯勞)
simp. (伯劳)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (1) (37)
Final () (113) (89)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter paek law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠæk̚/ /lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚak̚/ /lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/pak̚/ /lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨjk̚/ /law/
Li
Rong
/pɐk̚/ /lɑu/
Wang
Li
/pɐk̚/ /lɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pɐk̚/ /lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak1 lou4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
láo
Middle
Chinese
‹ pæk › ‹ law ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁrak/ /*ˁaw/
English father’s elder brother toil

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 1/2
No. 193 7647
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*praːɡ/ /*raːw/

Noun

伯勞

  1. (~鳥) shrike

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