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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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齋
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戒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
zhāi
|
jiè
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ tsreaj ›
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‹ kɛjH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*tsˁrj/
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/*kˁrək-s/ (~ kˁrək)
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| English
|
purify oneself
|
be on guard
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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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齋
|
戒
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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10031
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6544
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Phonetic
component
|
齊
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戒
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Rime
group
|
脂
|
代
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
齋
|
誡
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ʔsriːl/
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/*krɯːɡs/
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Verb
齋戒
- to fast (restrict one’s consumption of food and abstain from various desires for religious purposes)
- (archaic, in feudal China) to bathe, change clothing, and abstain from meat, alcohol and sexual activity
- (Islam) to practice sawm
Synonyms
- (practice sawm): 封齋／封斋 (fēngzhāi), 把齋／把斋 (bǎzhāi)
Derived terms
Descendants