改年

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Chinese

 
to change; to alter; to transform
to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
year
simp. and trad.
(改年)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (8)
Final () (41) (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter kojX nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʌiX/ /nen/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəiX/ /nen/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɒiX/ /nɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəjX/ /nɛn/
Li
Rong
/kᴀiX/ /nen/
Wang
Li
/kɒiX/ /nien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑ̆iX/ /nien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gǎi nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
goi2 nin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gǎi nián
Middle
Chinese
‹ kojX › ‹ nen ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.qˁəʔ/ /*C.nˁi/
English change (v.) harvest; year

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 5763 9482
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klɯːʔ/ /*niːŋ/
Notes

Verb

改⫽年 (verb-object)

  1. (Classical, historical) to start over with the first year of a new Chinese era name; to change the title of an imperial reign

Synonyms