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Chinese
Etymology
In the Zhou Dynasty, a system was enacted whereby the emperor would be allotted a 1,000 li plot of land, along with a fleet of 10,000 chariots (萬乘／万乘). Later on, the term 萬乘／万乘 came to refer to the emperor.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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萬
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乘
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
wàn
|
shèng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ mjonH ›
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‹ zyingH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*C.ma-s/
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/*Cə.ləŋ-s/
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| English
|
10000
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vehicle
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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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萬
|
乘
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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| No.
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12633
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1458
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Phonetic
component
|
萬
|
乘
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Rime
group
|
元
|
蒸
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
万
|
乗
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Old
Chinese
|
/*mlans/
|
/*ɦljɯŋs/
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Noun
萬乘
- (archaic) the emperor
- (archaic) 10,000 war chariots (each pulled by a team of four horses)
萬乘之國弒其君者，必千乘之家。
万乘之国弑其君者，必千乘之家。 - From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Wànshèng zhī guó shì qí jūn zhě, bì qiānshèng zhī jiā.
- In the kingdom of ten thousand chariots, the murderer of his sovereign shall be the chief of a family of a thousand chariots.
- a great country