枉法

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Chinese

in the wrong; in vain
law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
simp. and trad.
(枉法)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (1)
Final () (106) (148)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jwangX pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʉɐŋX/ /pɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷiɐŋX/ /piɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuɑŋX/ /piɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuaŋX/ /puap̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuaŋX/ /piɐp̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭwaŋX/ /pĭwɐp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔiwaŋX/ /pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wǎng fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong2 faat3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wǎng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjwangX › ‹ pjop ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʷaŋʔ/ /*ap/
English crooked; depraved model, law

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. 12759 2867
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʷaŋʔ/ /*pqab/
Notes

Verb

枉法

  1. to distort and break the law

Derived terms