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殘亡. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
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to die; to perish
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trad. (殘亡)
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殘
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亡
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simp. (残亡)
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残
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亡
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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殘
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亡
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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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cán
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wáng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzan ›
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‹ mjang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁa/
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/*maŋ/
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English
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damage; hurt; cruel
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flee; disappear; die
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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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殘
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殘
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亡
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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5978
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5981
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12662
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Phonetic component
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戔
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戔
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亡
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Rime group
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元
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元
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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殘
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亡
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Old Chinese
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/*zlaːn/
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/*zaːns/
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/*maŋ/
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Notes
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徂由祖校改歹原從月
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Verb
殘亡
- (literary) to be ruined; to be destroyed
- Synonym: 滅亡/灭亡 (mièwáng)
故國家殘亡,身為刑戮,宗廟破滅,絕無後類,君臣離散,民人流亡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
故国家残亡,身为刑戮,宗庙破灭,绝无后类,君臣离散,民人流亡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version
- Gù guójiā cánwáng, shēn wéi xínglù, zōngmiào pòmiè, jué wú hòulèi, jūnchén lísàn, mínrén liúwáng.
- Therefore their states were ruined and they were executed, their ancestral temples were destroyed and descendants annihilated. The rulers and the subjects were dispersed and the people were left homeless.
- (literary) to be scattered and lost; to be partially extant
- Synonyms: 散佚 (sànyì), 不全 (bùquán)