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Chinese
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beautiful; beauty; America
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alcoholic drink
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trad. (美酒)
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美
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酒
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simp. #(美酒)
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美
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酒
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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美
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酒
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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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měi
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jiǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mijX ›
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‹ tsjuwX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*rəjʔ/
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/*tsuʔ/
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English
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beautiful
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wine
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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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美
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酒
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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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8951
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15554
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Phonetic component
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美
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酉
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Rime group
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脂
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幽
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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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美
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酒
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Old Chinese
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/*mriʔ/
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/*ʔsluʔ/
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Notes
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甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀, 取陳獨秀說
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Noun
美酒
- good alcohol; fine liquor
Synonyms