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Translingual
Han character
甥 (Kangxi radical 100, 生+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹一田大尸 (HMWKS), four-corner 26127, composition ⿰生男)
- sister's child, sororal niece or nephew
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 755, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21689
- Dae Jaweon: page 1165, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2578, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7525
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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猜
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*sʰlɯː
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輤
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*sʰleːns
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綪
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*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
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倩
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*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
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棈
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*sʰleːns
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蒨
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*sʰeːns
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篟
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*sʰeːns
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生
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*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
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牲
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*sreŋ
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笙
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*sreŋ
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甥
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*sreŋ
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鉎
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*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
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珄
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*sreŋ
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鼪
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*sreŋ, *sreŋs
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猩
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*sreŋ, *seːŋ
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狌
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*sreŋ
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眚
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*sreŋʔ
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貹
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*sreŋs
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崝
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*zreːŋ
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精
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*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
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菁
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*ʔsleŋ
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鶄
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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蜻
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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鼱
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*ʔsleŋ
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婧
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*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
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睛
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*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
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箐
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*ʔsleŋ
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聙
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*ʔsleŋ
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旌
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*ʔsleŋ
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清
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*sʰleŋ
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圊
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*sʰleŋ
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請
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*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
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凊
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*sʰleŋs
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䝼
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*zleŋs, *zleŋ
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靚
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*zleŋs
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情
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*zleŋ
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晴
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*zleŋ
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夝
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*zleŋ
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靜
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*zleŋʔ
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靖
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*zleŋʔ
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睲
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
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惺
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*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
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性
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*sleŋs
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姓
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*sleŋs
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靗
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*l̥ʰeŋs
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鯖
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*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
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青
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*sʰleːŋ
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靘
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*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
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掅
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*sʰleːŋs
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胜
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*sleːŋ
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曐
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*sleːŋ
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星
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*sleːŋ
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鮏
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*sleːŋ
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腥
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*seːŋ, *seːŋs
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鯹
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*seːŋ
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醒
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*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
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篂
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*seːŋ
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sriŋ (“sister”), related by Coblin (1986) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“to live; to be alive; to give birth; raw; green”).
Cognate with Tibetan སྲིང་མོ (sring mo), Kinnauri riŋz, Jangshung śiŋ, Chinese 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs, “life, birth”) and 姓 (OC *sleŋs, “family name”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- 1san - vernacular;
- 1sen - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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甥
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sræng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s.reŋ/
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English
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SiSo or SiDa; DaHu
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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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甥
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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11315
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Phonetic component
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生
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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生
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Old Chinese
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/*sreŋ/
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Definitions
甥
- sororal niece or sororal nephew
- (obsolete) son-in-law
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
外甥 (“sororal nephew”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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甥
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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外甥
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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外甥
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Taiwan
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外甥
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Harbin
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外甥
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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外甥
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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外甥
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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外甥兒
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Wanrong
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外甥子
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Xi'an
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外甥
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Xining
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外甥娃
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Xuzhou
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外甥
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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外甥子
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Ürümqi
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外甥
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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外姪, 外姪兒
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Wuhan
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外甥, 外外
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Guiyang
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外甥
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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外甥子
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Yangzhou
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外甥子
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Hefei
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外甥子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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外甥
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Hong Kong
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外甥, 外甥仔
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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外甥
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Macau
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外甥
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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外甥
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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外甥
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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外甥
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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外甥
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Foshan
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外甥
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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外甥
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Foshan (Shunde)
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外甥
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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外甥
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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外甥仔
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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外甥
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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外甥
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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外甥
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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外甥
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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外甥
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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外甥
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Taishan
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甥子
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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甥子
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Enping (Niujiang)
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外甥
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Heshan (Yayao)
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外甥
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Dongguan
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外甥, 外甥哥 used by men
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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外甥
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Yangjiang
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外甥
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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外甥
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Gan
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Nanchang
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外甥
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Lichuan
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外甥
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Pingxiang
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外甥
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Hakka
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Meixian
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外甥
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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外甥
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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外甥仔
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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外甥
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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外甥
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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外甥
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Yudu
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外甥
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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外甥仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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外甥仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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外甥仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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外甥
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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外甥仔
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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外甥
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Senai (Huiyang)
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外甥
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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外甥
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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外甥, 外甥子
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Xinzhou
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外甥子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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外甥
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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外甥
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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外甥
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Quanzhou
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外甥
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Zhangzhou
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外甥
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Taipei
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外甥
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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外甥仔
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Kaohsiung
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外甥仔
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Yilan
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外甥仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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外甥
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Taichung
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外甥仔, 孫仔
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Tainan
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外甥仔
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Hsinchu
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外甥仔
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Kinmen
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外甥
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Penghu (Magong)
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外甥
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Penang (Hokkien)
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外甥
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Manila (Hokkien)
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外甥
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Chaozhou
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外甥
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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外甥, 孫
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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外甥
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Haikou
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外甥
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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甥子
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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外甥
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Wu
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Shanghai
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外甥
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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外甥
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Suzhou
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外甥
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Danyang
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外甥
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Hangzhou
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外甥
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Ningbo
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外甥頑
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Wenzhou
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外甥, 外甥兒
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Jinhua
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外甥
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Xiang
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Changsha
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外甥, 外甥子, 外姪, 外姪伢子
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Loudi
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外甥, 外甥伢唧
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Shuangfeng
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外甥
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See also
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
甥
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *wopUi.
Attested in the Ryūnoshūge of 868 with the phonetic spelling 俗備 (⟨wopi2⟩).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
甥 • (oi) ←をひ (wofi)?
- nephew
Antonyms
References
- ^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 839
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
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