已而

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Chinese

already; to stop; then
already; to stop; then; afterwards
 
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
simp. and trad.
(已而)
anagram 而已

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (36) (36) (38)
Final () (19) (19) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter yiX yiH nyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨX/ /jɨH/ /ȵɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨX/ /jɨH/ /ȵɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ieX/ /ieH/ /ȵʑie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨX/ /jɨH/ /ȵɨ/
Li
Rong
/iəX/ /iəH/ /ȵiə/
Wang
Li
/jĭəX/ /jĭəH/ /ȵʑĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/iX/ /iH/ /ȵʑi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji5 ji6 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ér
Middle
Chinese
‹ yiX › ‹ nyi ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢ(r)əʔ/ /*nə/
English cease; already and, but

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 1/1
No. 14924 2720
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯʔ/ /*njɯ/
Notes

Adverb

已而

  1. (Classical) soon; before long

Verb

已而

  1. (Classical) forget it; let it be
    Synonym: 算了 (suànle)