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Chinese
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to kill; to murder; to slaughter
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green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
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trad. (殺青)
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殺
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青
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simp. (杀青)
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杀
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青
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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殺
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青
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shā
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qīng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ srɛt ›
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‹ tsheng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s<r>at/
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/*ˁeŋ/
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English
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kill
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green or blue
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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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殺
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青
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Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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11010
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11362
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Phonetic component
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杀
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生
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Rime group
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月
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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殺
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靑
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Old Chinese
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/*sreːd/
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/*sʰleːŋ/
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Notes
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說文從生丹,戴桐王筠皆雲從丹生聲
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Verb
殺青
- (historical) to dry green bamboo strips on fire before writing on them
- (in tea manufacture) to heat green tea to prevent fermentation and preserve the green colour
- (figurative) to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc), to finalise (a manuscript)