進取

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See also: 进取

Chinese

advance; enter; to come in
to take; to get; to choose
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
 
trad. (進取)
simp. (进取)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (13) (14) (14)
Final () (43) (24) (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division () III III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsinH tshjuX tshuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siɪnH/ /t͡sʰɨoX/ /t͡sʰəuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sinH/ /t͡sʰioX/ /t͡sʰəuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjenH/ /t͡sʰioX/ /t͡sʰəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sinH/ /t͡sʰuə̆X/ /t͡sʰəwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡siĕnH/ /t͡sʰioX/ /t͡sʰuX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭĕnH/ /t͡sʰĭuX/ /t͡sʰəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ĕnH/ /t͡sʰi̯uX/ /t͡sʰə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìn cǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zan3 ceoi2 cau2

Verb

進取

  1. to be eager to improve oneself; to be brave enough to try new methods

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