由來

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See also: 由来

Chinese

follow; from; it is for...to
follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone)
 
to come
trad. (由來)
simp. (由来)
alternative forms 繇來繇来
anagram 來由来由

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (37)
Final () (136) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter yuw loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨu/ /lʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiu/ /ləi/
Shao
Rongfen
/iəu/ /lɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juw/ /ləj/
Li
Rong
/iu/ /lᴀi/
Wang
Li
/jĭəu/ /lɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/ /lɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu lái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4 loi4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yóu lái
Middle
Chinese
‹ yuw › ‹ loj ›
Old
Chinese
/*l/ /*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə)
English follow; from come

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 15526 7598
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯw/ /*m·rɯːɡ/

Noun

由來

  1. origin; source
  2. time since the beginning of the something (till now)

Synonyms

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