鯨魚

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See also: 鲸鱼

Chinese

whale fish
trad. (鯨魚)
simp. (鲸鱼)
alternative forms 京魚京鱼

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (31)
Final () (111) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gjaeng ngjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiæŋ/ /ŋɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiaŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiaŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/giajŋ/ /ŋɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɡiɐŋ/ /ŋiɔ/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭɐŋ/ /ŋĭo/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi̯ɐŋ/ /ŋi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
king4 jyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjæng › ‹ ngjo ›
Old
Chinese
/*raŋ/ /*a/
English whale fish (n.)

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. 6832 15939
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraŋ/ /*ŋa/

Noun

鯨魚

  1. (countable) whale (Classifier: m c)

Synonyms