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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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夙
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夜
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
sù
|
yè
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ yæH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*uk/
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/*Ak-s/
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| English
|
early morning
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night
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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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夙
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夜
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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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12098
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14992
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Phonetic
component
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夙
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亦
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Rime
group
|
覺
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暮
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
肅
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夜
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Old
Chinese
|
/*suɡ/
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/*laːɡs/
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Noun
夙夜
- morning and night; day and night
Adverb
夙夜
- day and night; all the time
受命以來，夙夜憂歎，恐託付不效，以傷先帝之明，故五月渡瀘，深入不毛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
受命以来，夙夜忧叹，恐托付不效，以伤先帝之明，故五月渡泸，深入不毛。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》
- Shòumìng yǐlái, sùyè yōutàn, kǒng tuōfù bù xiào, yǐ shāng xiāndì zhī míng, gù wǔyuè dù Lú, shēnrù bùmáo.
- Ever since I received His Majesty's command, I have sighed in distress day and night, fearing that I would fail in my commission and thereby impugn his wisdom. Therefore, in the fifth month we crossed the Lu river and marched deep into the barren land.
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