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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蝤
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
qiú
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ dzjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*u/
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| English
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蝤蠐 tree-grub
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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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蝤
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蠐
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蠐
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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15561
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10055
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10072
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Phonetic
component
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酉
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齊
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齊
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Rime
group
|
幽
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脂
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
酋
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齊
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茨
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Old
Chinese
|
/*sɡlu/
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/*zliːl/
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/*zlil/
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| Notes
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|
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原作蟲在齊中，
注又音疾兮切，
齊韻正作此體
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Noun
蝤蠐
- (literary) larva of the longhorn beetle
手如柔荑，膚如凝脂，領如蝤蠐，齒如瓠犀。螓首蛾眉，巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
手如柔荑，肤如凝脂，领如蝤蛴，齿如瓠犀。螓首蛾眉，巧笑倩兮，美目盼兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shǒu rú róutí, fū rú níngzhī, lǐng rú qiúqí, chǐ rú hùxī. Qínshǒu éméi, qiǎoxiào qiàn xī, měimù pàn xī.
- Her fingers were like the blades of the young white-grass;
Her skin was like congealed ointment;
Her neck was like the tree-grub;
Her teeth were like melon seeds;
Her forehead cicada-like; her eyebrows like the silkworm moth;
What dimples, as she artfully smiled!
How lovely her eyes, with the black and white so well defined!
- (literary, figurative) the soft and smooth neck of beautiful women
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