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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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肉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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ròu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*k.nuk/
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| English
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meat, flesh
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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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肉
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袒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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10866
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2066
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Phonetic
component
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肉
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旦
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Rime
group
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覺
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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肉
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但
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Old
Chinese
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/*njuɡ/
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/*daːnʔ/
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| Notes
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通作綻
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Verb
肉袒
- (literary) to be partially naked (chiefly baring the arms up to the shoulders or the entire upper body, a gesture of humility)
君在，大夫射，則肉袒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
君在，大夫射，则肉袒。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Etiquette and Ceremonial, circa 475 – 221 BCE
- Jūn zài, dàfū shè, zé ròutǎn.
- In the presence of the monarch, when a dafu ("Great Officer") engages in the archery, he should bare his arms.
鄭伯肉袒牽羊以逆，曰，「孤不天，不能事君，使君懷怒，以及敝邑，孤之罪也，敢不唯命是聽。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
郑伯肉袒牵羊以逆，曰，「孤不天，不能事君，使君怀怒，以及敝邑，孤之罪也，敢不唯命是听。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Zhèngbó ròutǎn qiān yáng yǐ nì, yuē, “gū bù tiān, bùnéng shì jūn, shǐ jūn huáinù, yǐ jí bìyì, gū zhī zuì yě, gǎn bù wéi mìng shì tīng.”
- The Duke of Zheng, baring his torso and pulling a lamb by the cord, went to receive (the conquerors), saying, "This lowly person has failed Heaven by his inability to serve Your Majesty, and thus incurred you wrath that befell this unworthy land. I am the guilty one, and I all I can do is to submit to your command with full faith."
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