祥瑞

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 祥瑞. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 祥瑞, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 祥瑞 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 祥瑞 you have here. The definition of the word 祥瑞 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of祥瑞, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

		auspicious; propitious	lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
simp. and trad. (祥瑞)		祥	瑞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiángruì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ seoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siông-sūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang⁵ sui⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiángruì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siángruèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang²-jui⁴
  - Yale: syáng-rwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyangruey
  - Palladius: сянжуй (sjanžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ seoi⁶
  - Yale: chèuhng seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-sūi
  - Tâi-lô: siông-suī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongsui
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ sui³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang⁵ sui⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâng sŭi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sui³⁵/

Middle Chinese: zjang dzyweH

Rime
Character	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似羊切	是僞切
Baxter	zjang	dzyweH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiuᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɐŋ/	/d͡ʑʷiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɑŋ/	/d͡ʑjuɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑwiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ziaŋ/	/ʑiue^H/
Wang Li	/zĭaŋ/	/ʑǐwe^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aŋ/	/ʑwie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiáng	shuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng⁴	seoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.ɢaŋ or-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋ djols/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng	ruì
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›	‹ dzywe^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s.ɢaŋ/	/*or-s/
English	auspicious	jade tablet
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	祥	瑞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14528	2499
Phonetic component	羊	耑
Rime group	陽	歌
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	詳	睡
Old Chinese	/*ljaŋ/	/*djols/

Noun

祥瑞

auspicious sign

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祥瑞):

→ Japanese: 祥瑞(しょうずい) (shōzui)
→ Korean: 상서(祥瑞) (sangseo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祥	瑞
しょう Grade: S	ずい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
祥瑞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーずい (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

祥(しょう)瑞(ずい) • (shōzui) ^{←しやうずい (syauzui)^?}

auspicious sign

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
祥	瑞

Noun

祥瑞 • (sangseo) (hangeul 상서)

hanja form^? of 상서 (“a lucky omen, a happy augury”)

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia