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Chinese
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give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked |
tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong |
| trad. (委曲)
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委
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曲
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| simp. #(委曲)
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委
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曲
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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委
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曲
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| Reading #
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4/4
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wěi
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qū
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjweX ›
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‹ khjowk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*q(r)orʔ/
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/*kʰ(r)ok/
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| English
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bend; hang down
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to bend
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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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委
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曲
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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12903
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10578
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Phonetic
component
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委
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曲
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Rime
group
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歌
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屋
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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委
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曲
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Old
Chinese
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/*qrolʔ/
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/*kʰoɡ/
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Adjective
委曲
- curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous
Synonyms
Noun
委曲
- course of events; the full story
Synonyms
Verb
委曲
- to resign oneself to
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
- (not to be confused with) 委屈 (wěiqu)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
委曲 • (ikyoku)
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