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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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儒
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雅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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rú
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yǎ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nyu ›
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‹ ngæX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*no/
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/*N-ɢˁraʔ/
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| English
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侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf", scholar, Confucianism
(not in original list)
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proper, refined
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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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儒
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雅
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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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13969
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14182
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Phonetic
component
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需
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牙
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Rime
group
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侯
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魚
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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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儒
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雅
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Old
Chinese
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/*njo/
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/*ŋraːʔ/
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Adjective
儒雅
- (literary) erudite; learned; well-educated
吉凶之書，伐經典之義；工伎之說，凌儒雅之論。
吉凶之书，伐经典之义；工伎之说，凌儒雅之论。 - From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
- Jíxiōng zhī shū, fá jīngdiǎn zhī yì; gōngjì zhī shuō, líng rúyǎ zhī lùn.
- Divination books attack the Canons' good sense,
And sorcerers talk over learned discourses.
- (literary) scholarly and elegant; refined and poised
搖落深知宋玉悲，風流儒雅亦吾師。
摇落深知宋玉悲，风流儒雅亦吾师。 - From: c. 766, Du Fu (杜甫), Poetic Thoughts on Ancient Sites, II (《詠懷古跡·二》). English translation by Witter Bynner.
- Yáoluò shēnzhī Sòng Yù bēi, fēngliú rúyǎ yì wú shī.
- "Decay and decline": deep knowledge have I of Sung Yu's grief.
Romantic and refined, he too is my teacher.
無怪其流弊至于今日，陽為道學，陰為富貴，被服儒雅，行若狗彘然也。
无怪其流弊至于今日，阳为道学，阴为富贵，被服儒雅，行若狗彘然也。 - From: c. late 16th century, Li Zhi (李贄), On the Unity of the Three Teachings in Confucianism (《三教歸儒說》)
- Wúguài qí liúbì zhìyú jīnrì, yáng wèi dàoxué, yīn wèi fùguì, pīfú rúyǎ, xíngruò gǒuzhì rán yě.
- No wonder the lasting ills now culminate in its full glory: the face of Confucianism, the heart of avarice; the scholarly and elegant apparatus, the bestial and rotten conduct.
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