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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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禽
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禽
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獸
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
qín
|
qín
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shòu
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ gim ›
|
‹ gim ›
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‹ syuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*(r)m/
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/*(r)m/
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/*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/
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| English
|
bird; animal
|
catch, capture
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(wild) animal
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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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禽
|
獸
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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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6607
|
11712
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Phonetic
component
|
今
|
嘼
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Rime
group
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侵
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
琴
|
狩
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ɡrɯm/
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/*qʰljus/
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Noun
禽獸
- birds and animals
- Synonym: 鳥獸／鸟兽 (niǎoshòu)
- beast; animal; creature
- (figurative) beast (cruel person)
白天是教授，晚上是禽獸 [MSC, trad.]
白天是教授，晚上是禽兽 [MSC, simp.]- báitiān shì jiàoshòu, wǎnshang shì qínshòu
- professor by day, beast by night
Derived terms