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Chinese
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generous; ample; wide generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; cook by scalding (see 焯) |
appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh |
| trad. (綽約)
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綽
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約
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| simp. (绰约)
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绰
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约
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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綽
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約
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chuò
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yuē
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyhak ›
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‹ ʔjak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰawk/
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/*(r)ewk/
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| English
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indulgent, gentle
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bind (v.), make an agreement
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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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綽
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約
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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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17762
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11201
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Phonetic
component
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卓
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勺
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Rime
group
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藥
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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綽
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約
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰjewɢ/
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/*ʔlewɢ/
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Adjective
綽約
- (literary, of a woman) graceful
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
綽約 • (shakuyaku) †-tari (adnominal 綽約とした (shakuyaku to shita) or 綽約たる (shakuyaku taru), adverbial 綽約と (shakuyaku to) or 綽約として (shakuyaku to shite))
- (literary) graceful
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Irrealis (未然形)
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綽約たら |
しゃくやくたら |
syakuyakutara
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| Continuative (連用形)
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綽約と
綽約たり |
しゃくやくと
しゃくやくたり |
syakuyakuto
syakuyakutari
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| Terminal (終止形)
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綽約たり |
しゃくやくたり |
syakuyakutari
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| Attributive (連体形)
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綽約たる |
しゃくやくたる |
syakuyakutaru
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| Realis (已然形)
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綽約たれ |
しゃくやくたれ |
syakuyakutare
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| Imperative (命令形)
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綽約たれ |
しゃくやくたれ |
syakuyakutare
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| Key constructions
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| Negative
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綽約たらず |
しゃくやくたらず |
syakuyakutarazu
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| Contrasting conjunction
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綽約たれど |
しゃくやくたれど |
syakuyakutaredo
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| Causal conjunction
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綽約たれば |
しゃくやくたれば |
syakuyakutareba
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| Conditional conjunction
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綽約たらば |
しゃくやくたらば |
syakuyakutaraba
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| Past tense (firsthand knowledge)
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綽約たりき |
しゃくやくたりき |
syakuyakutariki
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| Past tense (secondhand knowledge)
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綽約たりけり |
しゃくやくたりけり |
syakuyakutarikeri
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| Adverbial
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綽約と |
しゃくやくと |
syakuyakuto
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Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 綽約 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 綽約, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
Korean
Noun
綽約 • (jagyak) (hangeul 작약)
- hanja form? of 작약