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Chinese
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to summarize; to state the key points
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nominalization particle; it
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| trad. (要之)
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要
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之
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| simp. #(要之)
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要
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之
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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要
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之
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yào
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zhī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjiewH ›
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‹ tsyi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ew(k)-s/
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/*tə/
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| English
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important
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(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)
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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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要
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之
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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14752
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17188
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Phonetic
component
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要
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之
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Rime
group
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宵
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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要
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之
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Old
Chinese
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/*qews/
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/*tjɯ/
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Phrase
要之
- (literary) in summary; to summarize; in short; ultimately
要之，死日然後是非乃定。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
要之，死日然后是非乃定。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. Translated by Burton Watson.
- Yàozhī, sǐ rì ránhòu shìfēi nǎi dìng.
- Only after the day of death will right and wrong at last be determined.
要之，只消一箇「操」字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
要之，只消一个「操」字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 13th century, various editors, A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu (《朱子語類》)
- Yàozhī, zhǐxiāo yīgè “cāo” zì.
- In summary, it is all about one word – practice.
1900 July 24, 梁啟超 [Liang Qichao], chapter 26, in 和文漢讀法 [The Chinese Method of Reading Japanese], Tokyo: 秀英舍, page 17:
要之，副詞、動詞下緊接附屬之假名，必為無用者，不可不牢記。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
要之，副词、动词下紧接附属之假名，必为无用者，不可不牢记。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- Yàozhī, fùcí, dòngcí xià jǐnjiē fùshǔ zhī jiǎmíng, bì wèi wúyòng zhě, bùkě bù láojì.
- In short, kana attached immediately after adverbs and verbs must be useless. This must be firmly remembered.
要之，上海、廣州、馬德里、蓋尼加格、拉諾勒、巴塞龍納、亞美利亞各城城名足以象徵法西斯在中西兩國境內所作之重大罪行，吾人今後定必永誌不忘。 [MSC, trad.]
要之，上海、广州、马德里、盖尼加格、拉诺勒、巴塞龙纳、亚美利亚各城城名足以象征法西斯在中西两国境内所作之重大罪行，吾人今后定必永志不忘。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1938 September 1, 運公, 《國際反對轟炸不設防城市大會議決制裁日本》, in 《東方雜誌》, volume 35, issue 17, page 50
- Yàozhī, Shànghǎi, Guǎngzhōu, Mǎdélǐ, Gàiníjiāgé, Lānuòlè, Bāsàilóngnà, Yàměilìyà gè chéng chéngmíng zúyǐ xiàngzhēng fǎxīsī zài Zhōng Xī liǎng guó jìngnèi suǒ zuò zhī zhòngdà zuìxíng, wúrén jīnhòu dìngbì yǒngzhìbùwàng.
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