玷污

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Chinese

blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade dirt; filth
trad. (玷污/玷汙) /
simp. (玷污)
alternative forms 沾污 Cantonese

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter temX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/temX/
Pan
Wuyun
/temX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɛmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tɛmX/
Li
Rong
/temX/
Wang
Li
/tiemX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tiemX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
diǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dim2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
diàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ temX › ‹ ʔwæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁemʔ/ /*qʷˁra/
English black spot impure, vile

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
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 16722 15679
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*teːmʔ/ /*qʷaː/
Notes 洿

Verb

玷污

  1. to stain; to denigrate; to sully; to tarnish
  2. (euphemistic) to sexually violate; to rape; to molest

Synonyms

  • (to stain):
  • (to sexually violate):