末流

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Chinese

end; final stage; latter part
 
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (末流)
simp. #(末流)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (64) (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter mat ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muɑt̚/ /lɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷɑt̚/ /liu/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɑt̚/ /liəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwat̚/ /luw/
Li
Rong
/muɑt̚/ /liu/
Wang
Li
/muɑt̚/ /lĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muɑt̚/ /li̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mut6 lau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liú
Middle
Chinese
‹ mat › ‹ ljuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁat/ /*ru/
English end of a branch flow (v.)

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. 9223 8335
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maːd/ /*ru/
Notes

Noun

末流

  1. downstream regions of a river
  2. (figurative) later stages of a school of thought, literature, etc.
  3. (literary, figurative) legacy; heritage

Adjective

末流

  1. inferior; low-class