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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
嗚
|
呼
|
哀
|
哉
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
影 (34)
|
曉 (32)
|
影 (34)
|
精 (13)
|
| Final (韻)
|
模 (23)
|
模 (23)
|
咍 (41)
|
咍 (41)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
I
|
I
|
I
|
I
|
| Fanqie
|
哀都切
|
荒烏切
|
烏開切
|
祖才切
|
| Baxter
|
'u
|
xu
|
'oj
|
tsoj
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ʔuo/
|
/huo/
|
/ʔʌi/
|
/t͡sʌi/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ʔuo/
|
/huo/
|
/ʔəi/
|
/t͡səi/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ʔo/
|
/xo/
|
/ʔɒi/
|
/t͡sɒi/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ʔɔ/
|
/hɔ/
|
/ʔəj/
|
/t͡səj/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʔo/
|
/xo/
|
/ʔᴀi/
|
/t͡sᴀi/
|
Wang
Li
|
/u/
|
/xu/
|
/ɒi/
|
/t͡sɒi/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ʔuo/
|
/xuo/
|
/ʔɑ̆i/
|
/t͡sɑ̆i/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
wū
|
hū
|
āi
|
zāi
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
wu1
|
fu1
|
oi1
|
zoi1
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
呼
|
呼
|
哀
|
哉
|
哉
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
hū
|
hù
|
āi
|
zāi
|
zāi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ xu ›
|
‹ xuH ›
|
‹ ʔoj ›
|
‹ tsoj ›
|
‹ tsoj ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qʰˁa/
|
/*qʰˁa-s/
|
/*ʔˁəj/
|
/*ˁə/
|
/*ˁə/
|
| English
|
call out, shout
|
call out, shout
|
to pity; sad
|
begin
|
(particle)
|
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
|
嗚
|
呼
|
哀
|
哉
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
13078
|
5181
|
14835
|
16490
|
Phonetic
component
|
烏
|
乎
|
衣
|
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
魚
|
微
|
之
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
烏
|
呼
|
哀
|
烖
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*qaː/
|
/*qʰaː/
|
/*qɯːl/
|
/*ʔslɯː/
|
Interjection
嗚呼哀哉
- (archaic) alas; alack; wellaway
Idiom
嗚呼哀哉
- (euphemistic, sometimes humorous or ironic) to die; to pass away
Synonyms