復讎

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See also: 复雠 and 復讐

Chinese

again; recover; reply to a letter
again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate
 
enmity; feud
trad. (復讎)
simp. (复雠)
alternative forms 復讐
The modern common form is 復仇复仇.
复雠 is nonstandard in the PRC.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (3) (25)
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 dzyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨuH/ /bɨuk̚/ /d͡ʑɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/biuH/ /biuk̚/ /d͡ʑiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəuH/ /biuk̚/ /d͡ʑiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buwH/ /buwk̚/ /d͡ʑuw/
Li
Rong
/biuH/ /biuk̚/ /ʑiu/
Wang
Li
/bĭəuH/ /bĭuk̚/ /ʑĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯uH/ /bʱi̯uk̚/ /ʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fòu chóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau6 fuk6 sau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuwH › ‹ bjuwk › ‹ dzyuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*-pruk-s/ /*m-p(r)uk/ /*u/
English again return pay back; enemy

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 1515
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*buɡs/ /*buɡ/ /*ɡju/

Verb

復讎

  1. (orthographically archaic) to revenge; to avenge