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Chinese
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end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular |
extremity
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simp. and trad.
(端倪)
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端
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倪
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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端
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倪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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duān
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ní
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ twan ›
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‹ ngej ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tˁor/
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/*ŋˁe/
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| English
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tip (n.)
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young and weak
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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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端
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倪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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2500
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2736
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Phonetic
component
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耑
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兒
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Rime
group
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元
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支
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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端
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倪
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Old
Chinese
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/*toːn/
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/*ŋeː/
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Noun
端倪
- sign; inkling; clue
- (literary) boundary; limit; bound
Synonyms
- 徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 意思
- 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
- 眉目 (méimu)
- 線索 / 线索 (xiànsuǒ)
- 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
- 頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
- 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)
- 墘頭 / 墘头 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
- 沿子 (yánzi)
- 沿邊 / 沿边 (yánbiān)
- 涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
- 界線 / 界线 (jièxiàn)
- 邊 / 边 (biān)
- 邊墘 / 边墘 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 邊沿 / 边沿 (biānyán)
- 邊緣 / 边缘 (biānyuán)
- 邊角 / 边角 (biānjiǎo)
- 邊際 / 边际 (biānjì)
Derived terms
Verb
端倪
- (literary) to predict (the development of); to forecast
Synonyms
- 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
- 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
- 意想 (yìxiǎng)
- 意料 (yìliào)
- 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
- 揣測 / 揣测 (chuǎicè)
- 料定 (liàodìng)
- 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
- 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 猜 (cāi)
- 諒心 / 谅心 (lian5 sin) (Xiang)
- 諒想 / 谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
- 逆料 (nìliào)
- 預判 / 预判 (yùpàn)
- 預卜 / 预卜 (yùbǔ)
- 預報 / 预报 (yùbào)
- 預感 / 预感 (yùgǎn)
- 預想 / 预想 (yùxiǎng)
- 預料 / 预料 (yùliào)
- 預斷 / 预断 (yùduàn)
- 預測 / 预测 (yùcè)
- 預示 / 预示 (yùshì)
- 預見 / 预见 (yùjiàn)
- 預言 / 预言 (yùyán)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
端倪 • (tangei)
- conjecturing