來歲

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Chinese

to come year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (來歲)
simp. (来岁)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (16)
Final () (41) (36)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter loj sjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lʌi/ /siuᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləi/ /sʷiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɒi/ /siuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləj/ /swiajH/
Li
Rong
/lᴀi/ /siuɛiH/
Wang
Li
/lɒi/ /sĭwɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑ̆i/ /si̯wɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lái suì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
loi4 seoi3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lái suì
Middle
Chinese
‹ loj › ‹ sjwejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə) /*s-qʷʰat-s/
English come year

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 2/2
No. 7598 12165 12175
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·rɯːɡ/ /*sqʰʷads/ /*sqʰʷad/
Notes

Noun

來歲

  1. (literary) next year; coming year

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