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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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油
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yóu
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ yuw ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*/
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| English
|
flow(ing)
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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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油
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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15525
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Phonetic
component
|
由
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Rime
group
|
幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
猷
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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| Notes
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象柚實，爲柚初文；柚爲條，由枿亦稱木生條，
同音相借
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Adjective
油油
- (literary) shiny; glossy
- (literary) flowing smoothly and incessantly
- (literary) luxuriant and dense
- (literary) many
- (literary) deferential; respectful
- (literary) leisurely
- (literary) worried
Verb
油⫽油 (verb-object)
- (Southern Min) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
油⫽油 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to paint; to apply paint
Synonyms