扶搖

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Chinese

to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help shake; to rock
trad. (扶搖)
simp. (扶摇)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (36)
Final () (24) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bju yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨo/ /jiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/bio/ /jiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/bio/ /jæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buə̆/ /jiaw/
Li
Rong
/bio/ /iɛu/
Wang
Li
/bĭu/ /jĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯u/ /i̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fu4 jiu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yáo
Middle
Chinese
‹ bju › ‹ yew ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-(r)a/ /*law/
English assist shake

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 # 2/2 2/2
No. 3280 14704
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ba/ /*lew/

Noun

扶搖

  1. (literary) a violent, upward-whirling storm wind; whirlwind
  2. (literary, Chinese mythology) name of a mythical tree

Verb

扶搖

  1. (literary) to soar up; to spiral up; to rapidly ascend

Derived terms