蕞爾

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Chinese

assemble; small
thus; so; like that
thus; so; like that; you; thou
 
trad. (蕞爾)
simp. (蕞尔)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (15) (38)
Final () (26) (11)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter dzwajH nyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zuɑiH/ /ȵiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zʷɑiH/ /ȵiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zuɑiH/ /ȵʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zwajH/ /ȵiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/d͡zuɑiH/ /ȵieX/
Wang
Li
/d͡zuɑiH/ /ȵʑǐeX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱuɑiH/ /ȵʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuì ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zeoi6 ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ěr ěr ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ nejX › ‹ nyeX › ‹ nyeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁʔ/ /*nʔ/ /*nʔ/
English numerous (adv. suffix) you(r)

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. 10647 2817
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zoːds/ /*njelʔ/
Notes

Adjective

蕞爾

  1. (literary, of an area) tiny; very small

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