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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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踴
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躍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yǒng
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yuè
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ yowngX ›
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‹ yak ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*loŋʔ/
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/*lewk/
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| English
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leap
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leap, jump
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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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踴
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躍
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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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15458
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2220
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Phonetic
component
|
用
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翟
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Rime
group
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東
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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勇
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藥
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Old
Chinese
|
/*loŋʔ/
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/*lewɢ/
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| Notes
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同踊見韓非子
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Adjective
踴躍
- eager; enthusiastic
Adverb
踴躍
- eagerly; enthusiastically
- 踴躍報名／踊跃报名 ― yǒngyuè bàomíng ― to sign up enthusiastically
Verb
踴躍
- (archaic) to leap; to jump
擊鼓其鏜，踊躍用兵，土國城漕，我獨南行。
击鼓其镗，踊跃用兵，土国城漕，我独南行。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jī gǔ qí tāng, yǒngyuè yòng bīng, tǔ guó chéng cáo, wǒ dú nán xíng.
- sound the drums. They leap while using their weapons. build the walls and repair the canals. I go south alone .
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