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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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西
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南
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夷
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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心 (16)
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泥 (8)
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以 (36)
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Final (韻)
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齊 (39)
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覃 (159)
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脂 (15)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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IV
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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先稽切
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那含切
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以脂切
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Baxter
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sej
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nom
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yij
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/sei/
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/nʌm/
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/jiɪ/
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Pan Wuyun
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/sei/
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/nəm/
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/ji/
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Shao Rongfen
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/sɛi/
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/nɒm/
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/jɪ/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/sɛj/
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/nəm/
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/ji/
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Li Rong
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/sei/
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/nᴀm/
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/i/
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Wang Li
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/siei/
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/nɒm/
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/ji/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/siei/
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/năm/
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/i/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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xī
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nán
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yí
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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sai1
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naam4
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ji4
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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西
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南
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夷
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夷
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xī
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nán
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yí
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yí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sej ›
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‹ nom ›
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‹ yij ›
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‹ yij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-nˁər/
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/*nˁm/
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/*ləj/
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/*ləj/
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English
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west
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south
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level, peaceful
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foreigner (especially to the east)
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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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西
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南
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夷
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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13236
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9355
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14862
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Phonetic component
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西
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南
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夷
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Rime group
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微
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侵
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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西
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南
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姨
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Old Chinese
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/*sɯːl/
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/*nuːm/
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/*lil/
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Proper noun
西南夷
- (historical) "Southwestern Barbarians" (non-Han ethnic groups living in present-day Guizhou, Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan)