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Chinese
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100 mu; a short while ago; a 'ching' (unit of area) 100 mu; a short while ago; a 'ching' (unit of area); approx. (with dates); a short while
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's; him/her/it; this
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| trad. (頃之)
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頃
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之
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| simp. (顷之)
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顷
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之
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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頃
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之
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之
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qǐng
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zhī
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zhī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khjwiengX ›
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‹ tsyi ›
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‹ tsyi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷʰeŋʔ/
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/*tə/
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/*tə/
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| English
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interval, short while
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go to
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(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)
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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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頃
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之
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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10508
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17188
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Phonetic
component
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頃
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之
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Rime
group
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耕
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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頃
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之
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷeŋʔ/
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/*tjɯ/
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Adverb
頃之
- (Classical) shortly after; in a moment
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
不久 (“soon; before long”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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不久
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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不久, 沒多久
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| Taiwan
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不久, 沒多久
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| Singapore
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不久, 沒多久
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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冇幾耐, 冇耐
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| Hong Kong
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冇幾耐, 冇耐
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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冇幾耐
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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無幾久
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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無幾久
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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無幾久
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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無幾久
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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無幾久
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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無幾久
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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無幾久
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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無偌久
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| Quanzhou
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無偌久
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| Zhangzhou
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無偌久
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| Taipei
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無偌久
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| Kaohsiung
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無偌久
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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無偌久
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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無偌久
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| Shantou
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唔久, 無若久
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| Wu
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Wenzhou
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不一下兒過
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