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Chinese
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absurd; fantastic
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to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
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trad. (妄說)
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妄
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說
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simp. (妄说)
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妄
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说
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In pronunciation 2, 說 is a tongjia character of 悅 (“pleased; to please”).
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Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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妄
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說
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wàng
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shuō
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mjangH ›
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‹ sywet ›
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Old Chinese
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/*maŋ-s/
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/*l̥ot/
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English
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reckless
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speak, explain
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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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妄
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說
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/3
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No.
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12684
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2571
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Phonetic component
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亡
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兑
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Rime group
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陽
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月
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Rime subdivision
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0
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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妄
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說
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Old Chinese
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/*maŋs/
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/*hljod/
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Verb
妄說
- to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
Synonyms
Noun
妄說
- nonsense; rubbish; absurd remark
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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妄
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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wàng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mjangH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*maŋ-s/
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English
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reckless
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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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妄
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說
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Reading #
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1/1
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3/3
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No.
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12684
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2577
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Phonetic component
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亡
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兑
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Rime group
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陽
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月
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Rime subdivision
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0
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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妄
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悅
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Old Chinese
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/*maŋs/
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/*lod/
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Verb
妄說
- (literary) to please with empty talk