篡位

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Chinese

to seize; to usurp
position; location; (measure word for persons)
position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
 
trad. (篡位)
simp. #(篡位)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (19) (35)
Final () (70) (18)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrhwaenH hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃʰˠuanH/ /ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚanH/ /ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰuɐnH/ /ɣiuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨnH/ /ɦjwiH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃʰuanH/ /ɣjuiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃʰwanH/ /ɣwiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂʰwanH/ /wiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chuàn wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caan3 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wèi
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English standing, position

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. 12141 7865
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰroːns/ /*ɢʷrɯbs/

Verb

篡位

  1. to usurp the throne

Derived terms