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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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若
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夫
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| Reading #
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1/2
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
ruò
|
fú
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ nyak ›
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‹ bju ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*nak/
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/*ba/
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| English
|
you
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final particle
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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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若
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夫
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| Reading #
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3/3
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2/2
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| No.
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10940
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3281
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Phonetic
component
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若
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夫
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Rime
group
|
鐸
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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若
|
扶
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Old
Chinese
|
/*njaɡ/
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/*ba/
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| Notes
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叒加口轉註
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Conjunction
若夫
- as to; as for
若夫成功，則天也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若夫成功，则天也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Ruòfú chénggōng, zé tiān yě.
- As for success, that lies with Heaven.
若夫君子所患則亡矣。非仁無為也，非禮無行也。如有一朝之患，則君子不患矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
若夫君子所患则亡矣。非仁无为也，非礼无行也。如有一朝之患，则君子不患矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Ruòfú jūnzǐ suǒ huàn zé wú yǐ. Fēi rén wú wéi yě, fēi lǐ wú xíng yě. Rú yǒu yī zhāo zhī huàn, zé jūnzǐ bù huàn yǐ.
- As for what the virtuous man considers calamitous, there is none. Nothing he does is not benevolent; no action he takes is against the rites. If a calamity falls upon him one morning, the virtuous man does not consider it calamitous.