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Chinese
Etymology
- "Roman Empire"
- Attested in the Book of the Later Han (《後漢書·西域傳》) in a semi-legendary account as reported by the envoy Gan Ying (甘英). Pulleyblank (1999) believes that the name " clearly not a transcription of a foreign word", and the identification remains vague. Unconvincingly, the passage in the Later Han attempts to explain:
- In contrast, Zhang (1919) conjectured that the word may have indeed been a borrowing ultimately from Latium, Latinum, etc. (transcribed as 剌丁 in his writing) based on comparisons among Sinitic languages; see also the Baxter–Sagart reconstruction below. However, this etymology remains hypothetical.
- "Roman Levant; Syria region; etc."
- Used by 8th-century Syriac Christians themselves (see quotation below) after contact with Tang Chinese literati.
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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大
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大
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秦
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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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Initial (聲)
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定 (7)
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定 (7)
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從 (15)
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Final (韻)
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泰 (25)
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歌 (94)
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眞 (43)
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Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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徒蓋切
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唐佐切
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匠鄰切
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Baxter
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dajH
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daH
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dzin
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/d͡ziɪn/
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Pan Wuyun
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/d͡zin/
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Shao Rongfen
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/d͡zjen/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/dajH/
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/daH/
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/d͡zin/
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Li Rong
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/d͡ziĕn/
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Wang Li
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/dɑiH/
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/dɑH/
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/d͡zĭĕn/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/dʱɑiH/
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/dʱɑH/
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/d͡zʱi̯ĕn/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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dài
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duò
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qín
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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daai6
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do6
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can4
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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大
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大
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秦
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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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dà
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dà
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qín
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Middle Chinese
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‹ daH ›
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‹ dajH ›
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‹ dzin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)
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/*lˁa-s/
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/*i/
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English
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big
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big
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Qín (place name)
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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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大
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大
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秦
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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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1934
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1939
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10497
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Phonetic component
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大
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大
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秦
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Rime group
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祭
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祭
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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䭾
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大
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秦
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Old Chinese
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/*daːds/
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/*daːds/
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/*zin/
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Proper noun
大秦
- (historical and archaic, speculative, imprecise designation in Chinese historiography) the Roman Empire; the City of Rome; etc.
- (historical and archaic, imprecise designation in Chinese historiography) the Hellenistic or Greco-Roman world in general, the West
- (historical and archaic, Chinese historiography) the Coele Syria or the Roman Levant; the Syria region under Roman dominion
- (Roman Empire): 羅馬帝國/罗马帝国 (Luómǎ Dìguó)
- (Rome itself): 羅馬/罗马 (Luómǎ)
- (Eastern Roman Empire): 拂林 (Fúlín)
- (Europe): 歐洲/欧洲 (Ōuzhōu)
- (Syria): 敘利亞/叙利亚 (Xùlìyà)