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Chinese
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blame; reprove; reprimand
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wait
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trad. (斥候)
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斥
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候
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simp. #(斥候)
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斥
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候
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alternative forms
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斥堠
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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斥
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候
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chì
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hòu
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyhek ›
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‹ huwH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰAk/
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/*ˁ(r)o-s/
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English
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rebuff; salty soil
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wait upon
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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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斥
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候
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Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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9477
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5154
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Phonetic component
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屰
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侯
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Rime group
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鐸
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侯
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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尺
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𠋫
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ/
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/*ɡoːs/
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Notes
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說文從廣屰聲
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Verb
斥候
- to reconnoiter; to scout
Synonyms
- 偵察/侦察 (zhēnchá)
- 刺 (literary, or in compounds)
- 刺探 (cìtàn)
- 打探 (dǎtàn)
- 探聽/探听 (tàntīng)
- 暗探 (àntàn)
Noun
斥候
- patrol; scout
- fort or room used to watch from distance
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
斥候 • (sekkō) ←せきこう (sekikou)?
- patrol; scout
Descendants
References