端委

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Chinese

		upright; proper	long and overflowing; floor-length
trad. (端委)		端	委
simp. ^#(端委)		端	委

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duānwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duānwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duanwěi
  - Wade–Giles: tuan¹-wei³
  - Yale: dwān-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanwoei
  - Palladius: дуаньвэй (duanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤor q(r)orʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːn qrolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	端	委
Reading #	1/1	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duān	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ twan ›	‹ ʔjwe^X ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁor/	/*q(r)orʔ/
English	tip (n.)	bend; hang down
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	端	委
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	2500	12903
Phonetic component	耑	委
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	端	委
Old Chinese	/*toːn/	/*qrolʔ/

Noun

端委

(archaic, historical) floor-length robe or dress worn by members of the nobility for ceremonial occasions
- 微禹，吾其魚乎！吾與子弁冕端委，以治民臨諸侯，禹之力也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  微禹，吾其鱼乎！吾与子弁冕端委，以治民临诸侯，禹之力也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Wēi Yǔ, wú qí yú hū! Wú yǔ zǐ biànmiǎn duānwěi, yǐ zhìmín lín zhūhóu, Yǔ zhī lì yě.
  Without Yu, we would have become fish by now! That you and I, in our ceremonial garments befitting the noble class, may serve our masters by governing the people of these lands — that is the legacy of Yu's exploits.
- 晉侯端委以入。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  晋侯端委以入。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE
  Jìnhóu duānwěi yǐ rù.
  The Marquis of Jin, in plain, overflowing formal robe, entered.

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