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Chinese
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a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
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cheeks; nourish
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trad. (期頤)
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期
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頤
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simp. (期颐)
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期
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颐
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Etymology
From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》):
人生十年曰幼,學。二十曰弱,冠。三十曰壯,有室。……百年曰期,頤。
人生十年曰幼,学。二十曰弱,冠。三十曰壮,有室。……百年曰期,颐。 - From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Rén shēng shí nián yuē yòu, xué. Èrshí yuē ruò, guàn. Sānshí yuē zhuàng, yǒu shì....... Bǎinián yuē qī, yí.
- When one is ten years old, we call him a boy; he goes (out) to school. When he is twenty, we call him a youth; he is capped. When he is thirty, we say, 'He is at his maturity;' he has a wife. At a hundred, he is called a centenarian, and has to be fed.
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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期
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頤
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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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qī
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yí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ gi ›
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‹ yi ›
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Old Chinese
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/*(r)ə/
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/*(r)ə/
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English
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period of time
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chin
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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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期
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期
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頤
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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9935
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9949
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14884
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Phonetic component
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其
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其
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頤
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Rime group
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之
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之
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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姬
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其
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飴
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Old Chinese
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/*kɯ/
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/*ɡɯ/
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/*lɯ/
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Notes
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集韻稘注或體
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說文正體無頁此篆文
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Noun
期頤
- (literary, of a person) one hundred years of age
Derived terms
References
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
期頤 • (kii)
- (literary, of a person) one hundred years of age
References
Korean
Noun
期頤 • (gii) (hangeul 기이)
- hanja form? of 기이