蒙塵

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See also: 蒙尘

Chinese

Mongolia; cover dust; dirt; earth
trad. (蒙塵)
simp. (蒙尘)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (11)
Final () (1) (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter muwng drin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muŋ/ /ɖˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/muŋ/ /ɖᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/muŋ/ /ȡien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwŋ/ /ɖjin/
Li
Rong
/muŋ/ /ȡjĕn/
Wang
Li
/muŋ/ /ȡǐĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/muŋ/ /ȡʱi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méng chén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mung4 can4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
méng chén
Middle
Chinese
‹ muwng › ‹ drin ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁoŋ/ /*rə/
English cover (v.) dust (n.)

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. 8969 1397
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*moːŋ/ /*rdɯn/

Verb

蒙塵

  1. (literary) to become covered in dust
  2. (archaic, figurative, of an emperor) to lose power and be forced to flee