聖旨

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See also: 圣旨

Chinese

holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
imperial decree; purport; aim
imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
 
trad. (聖旨)
simp. (圣旨)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (23)
Final () (121) (17)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syengH tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇŋH/ /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛŋH/ /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiæŋH/ /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajŋH/ /cjiX/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛŋH/ /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛŋH/ /t͡ɕiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛŋH/ /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèng zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing3 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shèng zhǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ syengH › ‹ tsyijX ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥eŋ-s/ /*kijʔ/
English sage (n.) fine-tasting

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. 11391 17326
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljeŋs/ /*kjiʔ/
Notes

Noun

聖旨

  1. (historical) imperial edict (Classifier: )

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