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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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城
|
闕
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
chéng
|
què
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzyeng ›
|
‹ khjwot ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*eŋ/
|
/*kʷʰat/
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| English
|
city wall
|
tower over gate
|
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)
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| Character
|
城
|
闕
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
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| No.
|
1418
|
7240
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Phonetic
component
|
成
|
欮
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
月
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
3
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
成
|
闕
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*djeŋ/
|
/*kʰod/
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Noun
城闕
- (literary) watchtower on either side of a city gate
- (literary) capital city
- (literary) palace
Synonyms
- 宮殿／宫殿 (gōngdiàn)
- 宮闕／宫阙 (gōngquè) (literary)
- 玉門／玉门 (yùmén) (Classical Chinese, figurative)