恣睢

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Chinese

		throw off restraint	surname; stare
trad. (恣睢)		恣	睢
simp. ^#(恣睢)		恣	睢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìsuī, cīsuī

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄙㄨㄟ, ㄘㄙㄨㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìsuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsuei
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-sui¹
  - Yale: dz̀-swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsuei
  - Palladius: цзысуй (czysuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cīsuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cihsuei
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹-sui¹
  - Yale: tsz̄-swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsysuei
  - Palladius: цысуй (cysuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsijH xjwij|xjwijH

Rime
Character	恣	睢	睢
Reading #	1/1	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (16)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	資四切	許維切	香季切
Baxter	tsijH	xjwij	xjwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siɪ^H/	/hiuɪ/	/hiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡si^H/	/hʷi/	/hʷi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjɪ^H/	/xjuɪ/	/xjuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡si^H/	/hwi/	/hwi^H/
Li Rong	/t͡si^H/	/xui/	/xui^H/
Wang Li	/t͡si^H/	/xwi/	/xwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si^H/	/xwi/	/xwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	huī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi³	fai¹	fai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslis qʰʷi|qʰʷils/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	恣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tsi-s/
English	unrestrained, license
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	恣	睢	睢
Reading #	1/1	3/4	4/4
No.	1790	12848	12850
Phonetic component	次	唯	唯
Rime group	脂	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	2	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	恣	倠	䁤
Old Chinese	/*ʔslis/	/*qʰʷi/	/*qʰʷils/

Adjective

恣睢

(literary) unbridled; unrestrained; unruly; licentious
- 其理誠高矣，暴慢恣睢輕俗以為高之屬入焉而隊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  其理诚高矣，暴慢恣睢轻俗以为高之属入焉而队。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Qí lǐ chéng gāo yǐ, bàomàn zìsuī qīngsú yǐwèi gāo zhī shǔ rù yān ér zhuì.
  Its ideal may have been lofty. However, that ideal falls once a particular ilk, who regards the wild, the slighting, the unruly, and the vulgar as lofty, is admitted.
(literary, ideophonic) contented

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