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Chinese
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too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
to guard
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simp. and trad.
(太守)
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太
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守
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| Literally: “great watchman or overseer”.
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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太
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守
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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tài
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shòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ thajH ›
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‹ syuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ˁa-s/
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/*s.tuʔ-s/
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| English
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great
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territory in somebody"s guard, fief
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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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太
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守
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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1937
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11668
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Phonetic
component
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大
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守
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Rime
group
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祭
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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泰
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狩
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰaːds/
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/*qʰljus/
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Noun
太守
- (historical) Grand Administrator or governor, the official overseeing a commandery (郡) in imperial China between the Han and Tang dynasties
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
- 郡守 (jùnshǒu, “the equivalent position under the Zhou and Qin dynasties”)
Japanese
Noun
太守 • (taishu)
- viceroy
- satrap
Korean
Noun
太守 • (taesu) (hangeul 태수)
- hanja form? of 태수
Vietnamese
Noun
太守
- chữ Hán form of thái thú (“governor”).