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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
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| Character
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生
|
生
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死
|
存
|
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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1/1
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
|
生 (21)
|
生 (21)
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心 (16)
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從 (15)
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明 (4)
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| Final (韻)
|
庚 (109)
|
庚 (109)
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脂 (17)
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魂 (55)
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陽 (106)
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| Tone (調)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
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Rising (X)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
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| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
Closed
|
Closed
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| Division (等)
|
II
|
II
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III
|
I
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III
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| Fanqie
|
所庚切
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所敬切
|
息姊切
|
徂尊切
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武方切
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| Baxter
|
sraeng
|
sraengH
|
sijX
|
dzwon
|
mjang
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ʃˠæŋ/
|
/ʃˠæŋH/
|
/sˠiɪX/
|
/d͡zuən/
|
/mʉɐŋ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ʃᵚaŋ/
|
/ʃᵚaŋH/
|
/sᵚiX/
|
/d͡zuon/
|
/mʷiɐŋ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ʃaŋ/
|
/ʃaŋH/
|
/siɪX/
|
/d͡zuən/
|
/miuɑŋ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ʂaɨjŋ/
|
/ʂaɨjŋH/
|
/sjiX/
|
/d͡zwən/
|
/muaŋ/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʃɐŋ/
|
/ʃɐŋH/
|
/sjiX/
|
/d͡zuən/
|
/miuaŋ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ʃɐŋ/
|
/ʃɐŋH/
|
/siX/
|
/d͡zuən/
|
/mĭwaŋ/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/ʂɐŋ/
|
/ʂɐŋH/
|
/siX/
|
/d͡zʱuən/
|
/miwaŋ/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
shēng
|
shèng
|
sǐ
|
cún
|
wáng
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
sang1
|
sang3
|
si2
|
cyun4
|
mong4
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
生
|
生
|
生
|
死
|
存
|
亡
|
| Reading #
|
1/3
|
2/3
|
3/3
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
shēng
|
shēng
|
shēng
|
sǐ
|
cún
|
wáng
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ sræng ›
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‹ sræng ›
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‹ srjæng ›
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‹ sijX ›
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‹ dzwon ›
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‹ mjang ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
|
/*sreŋ/
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/*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
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/*sijʔ/
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/*ˁə/
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/*maŋ/
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| English
|
bear, be born; live
|
fresh, raw
|
bear, be born; live
|
die (v.)
|
exist
|
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)
|
| Character
|
生
|
生
|
死
|
存
|
亡
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
11312
|
11322
|
12006
|
1905
|
12662
|
Phonetic
component
|
生
|
生
|
死
|
存
|
亡
|
Rime
group
|
耕
|
耕
|
脂
|
文
|
陽
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
生
|
生
|
死
|
存
|
亡
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sʰleːŋ/
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/*sreŋs/
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/*hljiʔ/
|
/*zluːn/
|
/*maŋ/
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Idiom
生死存亡
- life or death; survival or extinction
關係到人類的生死存亡 [MSC, trad.]
关系到人类的生死存亡 [MSC, simp.]- guānxì dào rénlèi de shēngsǐcúnwáng
- to concern the survival of the human race
- matter of life and death; critical moment
- 生死存亡的關頭／生死存亡的关头 ― shēngsǐcúnwáng de guāntóu ― crucial juncture