孟津

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Chinese

first month; eldest brother; surname Tianjin; ferry
simp. and trad.
(孟津) 		孟 津
alternative forms 盟津
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Etymology

Mengjin began as an ancient ferry crossing for the Yellow River. According to legend, King Wu of Zhou crossed the Yellow River at this location, after forming an alliance (盟/méng/alliance + 津/jīn/ferry crossing) with the other nobles. One theory goes that the original name was actually 盟津 (literally: the ferry crossing of the alliance) rather than 孟津 (盟 and 孟 are both rendered as Meng). According to this theory, it was only in later times that the character 盟 was mistakenly replaced by 孟. The ferry crossing was an important strategic location during times of war.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Particularly: “The pronunciation of 盟 (MC maengH) in 盟津 (MC maengH tsin) is different from that of 盟 (MC mjaeng) in 會盟 (MC hwajH mjaeng, “to meet and form an alliance”).”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孟 津
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 莫更切 將鄰切
Baxter maengH tsin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠæŋH/ /t͡siɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaŋH/ /t͡sin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maŋH/ /t͡sjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjŋH/ /t͡sin/
Li
Rong 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡siĕn/
Wang
Li 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡sĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mɐŋH/ /t͡si̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mèng jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mang6 zan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 孟 津
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mèng jīn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mængH › ‹ tsin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁraŋ-s/ /*i/
English eldest, great ford (n.)

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 孟 津
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9152 6725
Phonetic
component 		皿 津
Rime
group 		陽 眞
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		孟 津
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːŋs/ /*ʔslin/

Proper noun

孟津

  2. (～區, formerly ～縣) Mengjin (a district and former county of Luoyang, Henan, China)
  3. (historical) the site of a ferry crossing for the Yellow River (located in the northeastern part of present day Mengjin County)
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