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Chinese
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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
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so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
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trad. (塊然)
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塊
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然
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simp. (块然)
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块
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然
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alternative forms
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魁然
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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塊
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塊
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然
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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kuài
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kuài
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rán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khwɛjH ›
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‹ khwojH ›
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‹ nyen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁ<r>uj-s/
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/*ˁuj-s/
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/*a/
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English
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clod, lump
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clod; lump
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so, thus; (adv suffix)
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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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塊
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塊
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然
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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4666
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4676
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10756
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Phonetic component
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鬼
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鬼
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肰
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Rime group
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微
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隊
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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塊
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蒯
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然
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰuːls/
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/*kʰruːds/
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/*njen/
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Notes
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說文凷或體
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或作墤,廣韻只作墤
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Adjective
塊然
- (literary) alone; solitary; independent
- (literary) calm; at ease
- (literary) indifferent; ignorant