太牢

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Chinese

great; foremost pen; stable
simp. and trad.
(太牢)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (37)
Final () (25) (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter thajH law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /law/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /lɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài láo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 lou4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa-s/
English great

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 7644
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*ruː/

Noun

太牢

  1. (archaic) the three premium quality sacrificial animals (cow, sheep and pig) which were used as ritual offerings

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