權輿

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Chinese

		authority; power; right	carriage; sedan chair; world
trad. (權輿)		權	輿
simp. (权舆)		权	舆

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quányú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quányú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuányú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-yü²
  - Yale: chywán-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanyu
  - Palladius: цюаньюй (cjuanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyun⁴ jyu⁴
  - Yale: kyùhn yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ jyː²¹/

Middle Chinese: gjwen yo

Rime
Character	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨員切	以諸切
Baxter	gjwen	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/	/jĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun⁴	jyu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷrar m-q(r)a/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡron la/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*ʷrar/	/*m-q(r)a/
English	weight of a steelyard	vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders
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	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	4496	15892
Phonetic component	雚	舁
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	權	余
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/	/*la/

Verb

權輿

(literary) to sprout; to germinate
(literary) to start; to begin

Synonyms

(to sprout):

出息 (Hakka)
出穎 / 出颖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
出芽 (chūyá)
出苗 (chūmiáo)
出青 (Hokkien)
必目 (Hakka)
必筍 / 必笋 (Hakka)
抽筍 / 抽笋 (Hakka)
抽芽 (chōuyá)
暴穎 / 暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
暴筍 / 暴笋 (Hakka)
暴芽 (Hokkien)
爆穎 / 爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
爆芽 (bau⁴ nga⁴) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
生筍 / 生笋 (Hakka)
生芽 (Hakka)
發穎 / 发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
發芽 / 发芽 (fāyá)
綻筍 / 绽笋 (Hakka)
萌 (literary, or in compounds)
萌動 / 萌动 (méngdòng)
萌發 / 萌发 (méngfā)
萌芽 (méngyá)
露苗 (lòumiáo)

(to start):

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
發端 / 发端 (fāduān)
發軔 / 发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
萌 (literary, or in compounds)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
開首 / 开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

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