復仇

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See also: 复仇

Chinese

again; recover; reply to a letter
again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
 
surname; match; mate
surname; match; mate; hatred; animosity; enmity; a rival; an enemy; feud
 
trad. (復仇/復讎/復讐) //
simp. (复仇/复雠) /

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (3) (30)
Final () (136) (4) (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuwH bjuwk gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuH/ /bɨuk̚/ /ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuH/ /biuk̚/ /ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəuH/ /biuk̚/ /ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwH/ /buwk̚/ /guw/
Li
Rong
/biuH/ /biuk̚/ /ɡiu/
Wang
Li
/bĭəuH/ /bĭuk̚/ /ɡĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯uH/ /bʱi̯uk̚/ /gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fòu qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau6 fuk6 kau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiú
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuwH › ‹ bjuwk › ‹ gjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*-pruk-s/ /*m-p(r)uk/ /*(r)u/
English again return mate (*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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 3537 3550 6944
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𧚍
Old
Chinese
/*buɡs/ /*buɡ/ /*ɡu/

Verb

復仇

  1. to revenge; to avenge

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (復仇):