東夷

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See also: 东夷

Chinese

east
safe; to raze; to exterminate
safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
 
trad. (東夷)
simp. (东夷)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (36)
Final () (1) (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tuwng yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tuŋ/ /jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tuŋ/ /ji/
Shao
Rongfen
/tuŋ/ /jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/təwŋ/ /ji/
Li
Rong
/tuŋ/ /i/
Wang
Li
/tuŋ/ /ji/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tuŋ/ /i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dung1 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dōng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tuwng › ‹ yij › ‹ yij ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) /*ləj/ /*ləj/
English east level, peaceful foreigner (especially to the east)

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. 2435 14862
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*toːŋ/ /*lil/
Notes

Proper noun

東夷

  1. (historical) “Eastern Barbarians” (non-Chinese ethnic groups living to China's east)

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