邊關

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See also: 边关

Chinese

 
side; edge; margin
side; edge; margin; border; boundary
 
to close; to shut; to turn off
to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (邊關)
simp. (边关)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (28)
Final () (85) (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Baxter pen kwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pen/ /kˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun
/pen/ /kʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɛn/ /kuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pɛn/ /kwaɨn/
Li
Rong
/pen/ /kuan/
Wang
Li
/pien/ /kwan/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pien/ /kwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biān guān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bin1 gwaan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
biān guān
Middle
Chinese
‹ pen › ‹ kwæn ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁe/ /*ˁro/
English side barrier

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. 9056 8640
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mpeːn/ /*kroːn/

Noun

邊關

  1. frontier pass; border station; strategic defensive position on frontier

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