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Chinese
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four (fraud-proof); market
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idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.) |
simp. and trad.
(肆意)
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肆
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意
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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肆
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意
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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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sì
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yì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sijH ›
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‹ ʔiH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-ləp-s/
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/*ʔ(r)ək-s/
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| English
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unrestrained
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thought (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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肆
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意
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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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7961
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15153
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Phonetic
component
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隶
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意
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Rime
group
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隊
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代
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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四
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意
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljɯds/
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/*qɯɡs/
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| Notes
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說文右從隸聲，
漢碑隸變爲此
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Adverb
肆意
- wantonly; recklessly; wilfully
- 肆意辱罵／肆意辱骂 ― sìyì rǔmà ― to recklessly humiliate; wanton abuse
Synonyms
- 亂 / 乱 (luàn)
- 任意 (rènyì)
- 恣意 (zìyì)
- 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 胡亂 / 胡乱 (húluàn)