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Chinese
Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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西
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楚
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霸
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王
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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1/1
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1/2
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Initial (聲)
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心 (16)
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初 (19)
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幫 (1)
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云 (35)
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Final (韻)
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齊 (39)
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魚 (22)
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麻 (98)
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陽 (106)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Departing (H)
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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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Closed
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Division (等)
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IV
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III
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II
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III
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Fanqie
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先稽切
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創舉切
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必駕切
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雨方切
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Baxter
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sej
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tsrhjoX
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paeH
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hjwang
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/sei/
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/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
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/pˠaH/
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/ɦʉɐŋ/
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Pan Wuyun
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/sei/
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/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
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/pᵚaH/
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/ɦʷiɐŋ/
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Shao Rongfen
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/sɛi/
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/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
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/paH/
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/ɣiuɑŋ/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/sɛj/
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/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
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/paɨH/
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/ɦuaŋ/
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Li Rong
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/sei/
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/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
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/paH/
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/ɣiuaŋ/
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Wang Li
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/siei/
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/t͡ʃʰĭoX/
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/paH/
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/ɣĭwaŋ/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/siei/
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/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
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/paH/
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/iwaŋ/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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xī
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chǔ
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bà
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wáng
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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sai1
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co2
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baa3
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wong4
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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西
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楚
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霸
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王
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/3
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1/2
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xī
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chǔ
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bà
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wáng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sej ›
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‹ tsrhjoX ›
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‹ pæH ›
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‹ hjwang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-nˁər/
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/*aʔ/
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/*pˁrak-s/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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English
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west
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arrange in order
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have hegemony
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king
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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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楚
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霸
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王
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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13236
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11781
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181
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12742
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Phonetic component
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西
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疋
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霸
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王
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Rime group
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微
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魚
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暮
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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西
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楚
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霸
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王
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Old Chinese
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/*sɯːl/
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/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/
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/*praːɡs/
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/*ɢʷaŋ/
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Proper noun
西楚霸王
- Hegemon-King of Western Chu (Xiang Yu's self-proclaimed title)
西楚霸王戰敗,自刎於烏江,但世人還是稱他為蓋世英雄。 [MSC, trad.]
西楚霸王战败,自刎于乌江,但世人还是称他为盖世英雄。 [MSC, simp.]- Xīchǔbàwáng zhànbài, zìwěn yú wūjiāng, dàn shìrén háishì chēng tā wèi gài shì yīngxióng.
- Xiang Yu was defeated in battle and killed himself on the Wu River, but everyone still calls him a hero of the world.
Synonyms