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Chinese
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end; final stage; latter part
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to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
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trad. (末流)
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末
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流
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simp. #(末流)
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末
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流
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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末
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流
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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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mò
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liú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mat ›
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‹ ljuw ›
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Old Chinese
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/*mˁat/
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/*ru/
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English
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end of a branch
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flow (v.)
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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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末
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流
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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9223
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8335
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Phonetic component
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末
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流
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Rime group
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月
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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末
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劉
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Old Chinese
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/*maːd/
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/*ru/
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Notes
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或爲毓省聲
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Noun
末流
- downstream regions of a river
- (figurative) later stages of a school of thought, literature, etc.
- (literary, figurative) legacy; heritage
Adjective
末流
- inferior; low-class