未亡人

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Chinese

not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. to die; to perish man; person; people
trad. (未亡人)
simp. #(未亡人)
Literally: “the person who hasn't yet died”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (4) (38)
Final () (21) (106) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter mj+jH mjang nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉiH/ /mʉɐŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷɨiH/ /mʷiɐŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuəiH/ /miuɑŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mujH/ /muaŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/miuəiH/ /miuaŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/mĭwəiH/ /mĭwaŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mwe̯iH/ /miwaŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wèi wáng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei6 mong4 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi wèi wáng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjɨjH › ‹ mjɨjH › ‹ mjang › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*mt-s/ /*mt-s/ /*maŋ/ /*ni/
English not yet 8th earthly branch flee; disappear; die (other) person

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 1/1
No. 12917 12662 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯds/ /*maŋ/ /*njin/
Notes

Noun

未亡人

  1. (literary) widow (typically as self-reference)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (未亡人):
  • Japanese: ()(ぼう)(じん) (mibōjin)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 6
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

()(ぼう)(じん) (mibōjinみばうじん (mibauzin)?

  1. widow
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 6
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

()(ぼう)(じん) (bibōjinびばうじん (bibauzin)?

  1. widow

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

未亡人 (mimang'in) (hangeul 미망인)

  1. hanja form? of 미망인