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Chinese
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end; finish
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
| trad. (終老)
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終
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老
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| simp. (终老)
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终
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老
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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終
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老
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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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zhōng
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lǎo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyuwng ›
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‹ lawX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tuŋ/
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/*C.rˁuʔ/
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| English
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end
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old
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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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終
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老
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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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2428
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7666
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Phonetic
component
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冬
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老
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Rime
group
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終
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幽
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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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終
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老
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjuŋ/
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/*ruːʔ/
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Verb
終老
- to live out one's years
- 孤獨終老／孤独终老 ― gūdú zhōnglǎo ― to die alone; to die a lonely death