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Chinese
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
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| trad. (婆娑)
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婆
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娑
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| simp. #(婆娑)
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婆
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娑
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| alternative forms
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媻娑
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| anagram
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娑婆
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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婆
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娑
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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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pó
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suō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ba ›
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‹ sa ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁa/
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/*ˁa/
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| English
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婆娑 saunter, dance
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婆娑 saunter, dance
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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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婆
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娑
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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9734
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11019
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Phonetic
component
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皮
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沙
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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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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婆
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娑
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Old
Chinese
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/*baːl/
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/*saːl/
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| Notes
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爾雅用於婆娑，
廣韻老母乃如集韻同媻
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Adjective
婆娑
- (literary) dancing; frolicking
- (literary, of trees, etc.) having luxuriant foliage
- (literary, of tears) dripping