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Chinese
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to rise; to raise; to get up
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to dance; to wield; to brandish
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| trad. (起舞)
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起
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舞
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| simp. #(起舞)
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起
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舞
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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起
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舞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qǐ
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wǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khiX ›
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‹ mjuX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʰ(r)əʔ/
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/*k.m(r)aʔ/
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| English
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rise (v.)
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dance (v.)
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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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起
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舞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12011
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13126
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Phonetic
component
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巳
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無
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Rime
group
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之
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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起
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武
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰɯʔ/
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/*maʔ/
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| Notes
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說文巳聲非己聲
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Verb
起舞
- to begin dancing (moving rhythmically)
Synonyms
- 圍囊／围囊 (Dungan)
- 比舞 (bi3 wu3) (Sichuanese)
- 舞 (wǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo)
- 跳舞 (tiàowǔ)