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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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圄
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ngjoX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-qʰ<r>aʔ/
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English
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prison
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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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囹
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圄
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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8289
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13160
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Phonetic component
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令
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五
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Rime group
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耕
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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靈
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語
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Old Chinese
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/*reːŋ/
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/*ŋaʔ/
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Noun
囹圄
- (literary) prison; jail
Synonyms
- 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
- 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
- 牢 (láo)
- 牢房 (láofáng)
- 牢獄 / 牢狱 (láoyù)
- 班房 (bānfáng) (colloquial)
- 監房 / 监房 (jiānfáng)
- 監牢 / 监牢 (jiānláo)
- 監獄 / 监狱 (jiānyù)
- 鐵屋 / 铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 囹圄 (MC leng ngjoX).
Pronunciation
Noun
囹圄 or 囹圄 • (reigyo or reigo)
- prison
Synonyms
References
Korean
Noun
囹圄 • (yeong'eo) (hangeul 영어)
- hanja form? of 영어 (“prison”)
Vietnamese
Noun
囹圄
- chữ Hán form of linh ngữ (“prison”).