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橐駝 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Chinese
Etymology
Schuessler (2014) reconstructs its pronunciation around 59 BCE as *thâk-lâi > *tʰɑk-dɑi.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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橐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
tuó
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ thak ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tʰˁak/
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| English
|
sack; bellows
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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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橐
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駝
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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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11459
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12214
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Phonetic
component
|
石
|
它
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Rime
group
|
鐸
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
託
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駝
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tʰaːɡ/
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/*l'aːl/
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Noun
橐駝
- (Classical) Alternative name for 駱駝／骆驼 (luòtuo, “camel”).
- (Classical) hunchback due to age and sickness