逐利

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Chinese

to pursue; to chase; individually
to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one
 
advantage; benefit; profit
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
 
trad. (逐利)
simp. #(逐利)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (11) (37)
Final () (4) (15)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter drjuwk lijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨuk̚/ /liɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖiuk̚/ /liH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiuk̚/ /ljɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖuwk̚/ /liH/
Li
Rong
/ȡiuk̚/ /liH/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭuk̚/ /liH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯uk̚/ /liH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zuk6 lei6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhú
Middle
Chinese
‹ drjuwk › ‹ lijH ›
Old
Chinese
/*riwk/ /*C.ri-s/
English pursue sharp; profit

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17596 7898
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯwɢ/ /*rids/

Verb

逐利

  1. (literary) to pursue one's own interest

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