立身

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Chinese

to establish, to keep upright self
trad. (立身)
simp. #(立身)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (26)
Final () (141) (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter lip syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪp̚/ /ɕiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/lip̚/ /ɕin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljep̚/ /ɕjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lip̚/ /ɕin/
Li
Rong
/liəp̚/ /ɕiĕn/
Wang
Li
/lĭĕp̚/ /ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯əp̚/ /ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lap6 san1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēn
Middle
Chinese
‹ lip › ‹ syin ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rəp/ /*n̥i/
English stand (v.) body; self

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. 7869 11247
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯb/ /*qʰjin/
Notes

Verb

立身

  1. (literary) to establish oneself; to develop oneself; to grow