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Chinese
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oil; sly
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so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right |
| trad. (油然)
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油
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然
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| simp. #(油然)
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油
|
然
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Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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油
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油
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然
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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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| Initial (聲)
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以 (36)
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以 (36)
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日 (38)
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| Final (韻)
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尤 (136)
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尤 (136)
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仙 (77)
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| Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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| Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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| Fanqie
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以周切
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余救切
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如延切
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| Baxter
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yuw
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yuwH
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nyen
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/jɨu/
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/jɨuH/
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/ȵiᴇn/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/jiu/
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/jiuH/
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/ȵiɛn/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/iəu/
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/iəuH/
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/ȵʑjæn/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/juw/
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/juwH/
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/ȵian/
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Li
Rong
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/iu/
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/iuH/
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/ȵiɛn/
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Wang
Li
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/jĭəu/
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/jĭəuH/
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/ȵʑĭɛn/
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Bernhard
Karlgren
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/i̯ə̯u/
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/i̯ə̯uH/
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/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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yóu
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yòu
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rán
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Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
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jau4
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jau6
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jin4
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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油
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然
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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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yóu
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rán
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ yuw ›
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‹ nyen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*/
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/*a/
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| English
|
flow(ing)
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so, thus; (adv suffix)
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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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油
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然
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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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15525
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15534
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10756
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Phonetic
component
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由
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由
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肰
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Rime
group
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幽
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奧
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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猷
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狖
|
然
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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/*lɯwɢs/
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/*njen/
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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
油然
- (literary) rising densely
- (literary) welling up spontaneously
- 油然而生 ― yóurán'érshēng ― to arise spontaneously
Derived terms
Descendants