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Chinese
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stupid
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statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
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| trad. (愚臣)
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愚
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臣
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| simp. #(愚臣)
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愚
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臣
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| anagram
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臣愚
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| Literally: “stupid vassal”.
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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臣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*i/
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| English
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slave, subject
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愚
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臣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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15919
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1342
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Phonetic
component
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禺
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臣
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Rime
group
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侯
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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辰
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋo/
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/*ɡiŋ/
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| Notes
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甲文臧象以戈刺目爲奴，
省戈表不刺者則爲臣，
專指役使於家內者
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Pronoun
愚臣
- (archaic, humble) A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
From Literary Chinese 愚臣 (yúchén).
Pronunciation
Noun
愚臣 • (gushin)
- (literally) stupid vassal
Pronoun
愚臣 • (gushin)
- (archaic, humble) A first-person pronoun used by a vassal who humbles himself to his master.
References
Korean
Noun
愚臣 • (usin) (hangeul 우신)
- Hanja form? of 우신.