險阻

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Chinese

danger(ous); rugged to hinder; to block; to obstruct
trad. (險阻)
simp. (险阻)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (32) (18)
Final () (154) (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter xjemX tsrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠiᴇmX/ /t͡ʃɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚiɛmX/ /ʈ͡ʂiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiæmX/ /t͡ʃiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hjiamX/ /ʈ͡ʂɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/xjɛmX/ /t͡ʃiɔX/
Wang
Li
/xĭɛmX/ /t͡ʃĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯ɛmX/ /ʈ͡ʂi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎn zhǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
him2 zo2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjæmX › ‹ tsrjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰrmʔ/ /*raʔ/
English precipitous, dangerous filled with obstacles

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 1/2
No. 10221 10446
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰramʔ/ /*ʔsraʔ/

Adjective

險阻

  1. (usually of roads) dangerous and difficult, and with obstructions

Noun

險阻

  1. obstacle; bottleneck (geographic feature that is difficult to traverse)

Derived terms