塊然

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Chinese

 
piece; chunk; lump
piece; chunk; lump; (a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap); (measure word for chunks, lumps); yuan (unit of currency); fast (of a watch); swift; rapid; happy; joyful; soon; quick
 
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (塊然)
simp. (块然)
alternative forms 魁然

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (38)
Final () (42) (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khwojH nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuʌiH/ /ȵiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuoiH/ /ȵiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɒiH/ /ȵʑjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwəjH/ /ȵian/
Li
Rong
/kʰuᴀiH/ /ȵiɛn/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɒiH/ /ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ̆iH/ /ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuì rán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fui3 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuài kuài rán
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwɛjH › ‹ khwojH › ‹ nyen ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁ<r>uj-s/ /*ˁuj-s/ /*a/
English clod, lump clod; lump so, thus; (adv suffix)

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 # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 4666 4676 10756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːls/ /*kʰruːds/ /*njen/
Notes

Adjective

塊然

  1. (literary) alone; solitary; independent
  2. (literary) calm; at ease
  3. (literary) indifferent; ignorant