臥榻

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See also: 卧榻

Chinese

to lie; to crouch couch
trad. (臥榻)
simp. (卧榻)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (6)
Final () (95) (144)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter ngwaH thap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋwaH/ /tʰap̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuɑH/ /tʰɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ta
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngo6 taap3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngwaH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁj-s/
English lie down, sleep

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. 13061 12242
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋʷaːls/ /*tʰaːb/
Notes
宿

Noun

臥榻

  1. (literary) bed