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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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隱
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居
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居
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| Reading #
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1/3
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1/3
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
yǐn
|
jū
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jū
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ʔjɨnX ›
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‹ kjo ›
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‹ kjoH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)əʔ/
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/*k(r)a/
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/*k(r)a-s/ (based on rhyme evidence)
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| English
|
grieved; suffering
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squat; stay, dwell
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dwelling
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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隱
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居
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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15314
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4264
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Phonetic
component
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隱
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古
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Rime
group
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文
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
隱
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居
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Old
Chinese
|
/*qɯnʔ/
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/*kas/
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Verb
隱居
- to live in seclusion; to withdraw from society and live in obscurity; to be a hermit
- 隱居不仕／隐居不仕 ― yǐnjū bùshì ― to withdraw from society and refrain from taking an official post
Synonyms
- 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
- 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
- 幽棲 / 幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
- 杜門 / 杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
- 臥 / 卧 (wò) (literary)
- 臥雲 / 卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
- 豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
- 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
- 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
- 退隱 / 退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
- 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
- 遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
- 避世 (bìshì)
- 閉門 / 闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
- 隱逸 / 隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)
Noun
隱居
- (Classical) dwelling of a recluse
Descendants
See also
- 隱士／隐士 (yǐnshì, “recluse”)