帷幄

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Chinese

curtain; screen tent
simp. and trad.
(帷幄)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (34)
Final () (18) (10)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter hwij 'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠiuɪ/ /ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚi/ /ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɪ/ /ʔɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦjwi/ /ʔaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣjui/ /ʔɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣwi/ /ɔk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/wi/ /ʔɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi yue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai4 ok3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwij ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷrij/
English curtain

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. 12861 13067
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷril/ /*qroːɡ/
Notes

Noun

帷幄

  1. (literary) army tent

Derived terms