隕首

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Chinese

fall; meteor; perish
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
trad. (隕首)
simp. (陨首)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (35) (26)
Final () (45) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hwinX syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠiuɪnX/ /ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷᵚinX/ /ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuenX/ /ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦjinX/ /ɕuwX/
Li
Rong
/ɣjuĕnX/ /ɕiuX/
Wang
Li
/ɣǐĕnX/ /ɕĭəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ĕnX/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǔn shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan5 sau2

Verb

隕首

  1. to offer one's life in sacrifice