制服

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Chinese

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 制 服
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 祭 (35) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 征例切 房六切
Baxter tsyejH bjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiᴇiH/ /bɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiɛiH/ /biuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjæiH/ /biuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ciajH/ /buwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiɛiH/ /biuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭɛiH/ /bĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ɛiH/ /bʱi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhì fú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zai3 fuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 制 服 服 服 服
Reading # 1/1 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhì fú fú fú fù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyejH › ‹ bjuwk › ‹ bjuwk › ‹ bjuwk › ‹ bjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tet-s/ /*ək/ /*ək/ /*ək/ /*əʔ/
English cut out, prepare quiver (n.) garment; wear (v.) subdue, submit box of a carriage

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 制 服
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 17377 3366
Phonetic
component 		制 服
Rime
group 		祭 職
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		制 伏
Old
Chinese 		/*kjeds/ /*bɯɡ/

Etymology 1

to control to serve; to obey
simp. and trad.
(制服) 		制 服
alternative forms 制伏

Verb

制服

  1. to subdue; to overpower
Synonyms

Etymology 2

system clothing
simp. and trad.
(制服) 		制 服

Noun

制服

  1. (clothing) uniform
Antonyms
See also

Etymology 3

to regulate clothing
simp. and trad.
(制服) 		制 服

Verb

制服

  1. (literary) to regulate what one is allowed to wear (depending on social status)

Etymology 4

mourning rite on behalf of parents' deaths in ancient China clothing
simp. and trad.
(制服) 		制 服

Noun

制服

  1. (literary) mourning garment

Japanese

Kanji in this term
制 服
せい
Grade: 5 		ふく
Grade: 3
on'yomi
 制服 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

制(せい)服(ふく) • (seifuku) 

  1. (clothing) uniform

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
制服

Noun

制服 • (jebok) (hangeul 제복)

  1. hanja form? of 제복 (“uniform”)
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