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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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節
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操
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
jié
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cāo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tset ›
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‹ tshawH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tsˁik/
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/*ˁawʔ-s/
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| English
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joint
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(what is grasped:) principles
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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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節
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操
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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5713
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16575
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Phonetic
component
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即
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喿
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Rime
group
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質
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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節
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操
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔsiːɡ/
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/*sʰaːws/
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Noun
節操
- moral integrity; principles
- (neologism, slang) sense of shame; sense of decency; chastity
你節操掉了一地。 [MSC, trad.]
你节操掉了一地。 [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ jiécāo diào le yī dì.
- You have no sense of shame at all. (slang)
Synonyms
- (moral integrity): 氣節／气节 (qìjié)
Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 節操 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
節操 • (sessō)
- integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor, someone who hold on and doesn't change their beliefs
- Synonyms: 操 (misao), 忠誠, 忠信
- 節操のない男
- sessō no nai otoko
- an unprincipled man
Derived terms
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