妄說

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Chinese

absurd; fantastic to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (妄說)
simp. (妄说)
In pronunciation 2, is a tongjia character of (“pleased; to please”).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial () (4) (26)
Final () (106) (82)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjangH sywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋH/ /ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋH/ /ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋH/ /ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋH/ /ɕwiat̚/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋH/ /ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋH/ /ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/miwaŋH/ /ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàng shuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong6 syut3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàng shuō
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjangH › ‹ sywet ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ-s/ /*l̥ot/
English reckless speak, explain

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 2/3
No. 12684 2571
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maŋs/ /*hljod/

Verb

妄說

  1. to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
Synonyms

Noun

妄說

  1. nonsense; rubbish; absurd remark
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Initial () (4) (36)
Final () (106) (82)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjangH ywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋH/ /jiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋH/ /jʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋH/ /juæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋH/ /jwiat̚/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋH/ /iuɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋH/ /jĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/miwaŋH/ /i̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàng yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mong6 jyut6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ-s/
English reckless

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 3/3
No. 12684 2577
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maŋs/ /*lod/

Verb

妄說

  1. (literary) to please with empty talk