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Chinese
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red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
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dust; dirt; earth
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| trad. (紅塵)
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紅
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塵
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| simp. (红尘)
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红
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尘
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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紅
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塵
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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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hóng
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chén
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ huwng ›
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‹ drin ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡˁoŋ/
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/*rə/
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| English
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pink
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dust (n.)
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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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紅
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塵
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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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4055
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1397
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Phonetic
component
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工
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塵
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Rime
group
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東
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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洪
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陳
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡoːŋ/
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/*rdɯn/
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Noun
紅塵
- (literary) dust (kicked up by vehicles and horses)
- (figuratively) bustling places
- (figuratively, Buddhism, Taoism) world of mortals; human society; worldly affairs
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Noun
紅塵 • (kōjin)
- red dust; urban dust
- (figurative) earthly affairs; society; the secular world
Korean
Noun
紅塵 • (hongjin) (hangeul 홍진)
- Hanja form? of 홍진 (“dust, bustling places”).