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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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崔
|
嵬
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| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
cuī
|
wéi
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzwoj ›
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‹ ngwoj ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁuj/
|
/*N-qʰˁuj/
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| English
|
high, rocky
|
high and rocky
|
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)
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| Character
|
崔
|
嵬
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
1/2
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| No.
|
1883
|
4667
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Phonetic
component
|
崔
|
鬼
|
Rime
group
|
微
|
微
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Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
摧
|
鮠
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*zluːl/
|
/*ŋɡuːl/
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Noun
崔嵬
- (literary) stony mound; rocky mountain
- (literary) top of a mountain; peak
- (literary, figurative) huge obstacle; great difficulty
- (literary, figurative) pent-up anger; sorrows
Adjective
崔嵬
- (literary, ideophonic) lofty; towering
- (literary, ideophonic) magnificent; eminent
Derived terms