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勞勞 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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勞
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勞
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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láo
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lào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ law ›
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‹ lawH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁaw/
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/*ˁaw-s/
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| English
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toil
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to reward for toil
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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)
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| Character
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勞
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勞
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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7647
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7657
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Phonetic
component
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勞
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勞
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Rime
group
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宵
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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勞
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嫪
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Old
Chinese
|
/*raːw/
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/*raːws/
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Adjective
勞勞
- worried
舉手長勞勞，二情同依依。 [MSC, trad.]
举手长劳劳，二情同依依。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 《玉臺新詠•古詩＜為焦仲卿妻作＞》
- Jǔshǒu cháng láoláo, èr qíng tóng yīyī.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- laborious
- sparse
- noisy
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 勞勞 – see 遼遼 (“distant”).
(This term is a variant form of 遼遼). |