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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
|
Character
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指
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日
|
可
|
待
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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章 (23)
|
日 (38)
|
溪 (29)
|
定 (7)
|
Final (韻)
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脂 (17)
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質 (48)
|
歌 (94)
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咍 (41)
|
Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
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Checked (Ø)
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Rising (X)
|
Rising (X)
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Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
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Division (等)
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III
|
III
|
I
|
I
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Fanqie
|
職雉切
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人質切
|
枯我切
|
徒亥切
|
Baxter
|
tsyijX
|
nyit
|
khaX
|
dojX
|
Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang Shangfang
|
/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
|
/ȵiɪt̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
|
/dʌiX/
|
Pan Wuyun
|
/t͡ɕᵚiX/
|
/ȵit̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
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/dəiX/
|
Shao Rongfen
|
/t͡ɕiɪX/
|
/ȵʑjet̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
|
/dɒiX/
|
Edwin Pulleyblank
|
/cjiX/
|
/ȵit̚/
|
/kʰaX/
|
/dəjX/
|
Li Rong
|
/t͡ɕjiX/
|
/ȵiĕt̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
|
/dᴀiX/
|
Wang Li
|
/t͡ɕiX/
|
/ȵʑĭĕt̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
|
/dɒiX/
|
Bernhard Karlgren
|
/t͡ɕiX/
|
/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/
|
/kʰɑX/
|
/dʱɑ̆iX/
|
Expected Mandarin Reflex
|
zhǐ
|
rì
|
kě
|
dài
|
Expected Cantonese Reflex
|
zi2
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jat6
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ho2
|
doi6
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Idiom
指日可待
- to be expected soon; to be not a long way off
Synonyms