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Chinese
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contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel |
trip; travel
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| trad. (逆旅)
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逆
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旅
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| simp. #(逆旅)
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逆
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旅
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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逆
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旅
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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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nì
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lǚ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjæk ›
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‹ ljoX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋrak/
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/*aʔ/
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| English
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go against
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military unit of 500 men; to go
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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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逆
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旅
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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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9474
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8600
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Phonetic
component
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屰
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旅
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Rime
group
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鐸
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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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逆
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吕
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋraɡ/
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/*ɡ·raʔ/
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Noun
逆旅
- (literary) guesthouse; inn
夫天地者，萬物之逆旅；光陰者，百代之過客。
夫天地者，万物之逆旅；光阴者，百代之过客。 - From: c. 733, Li Bai,《春夜宴桃李園序》(Entertainment Given In the Peach and Plum Garden On a Spring Evening), translated by Lin Yutang
- Fú tiāndì zhě, wànwù zhī nìlǚ; guāngyīn zhě, bǎidài zhī guòkè.
- The universe is a lodging house for the myriad things, and time itself is a traveling guest of the centuries.
- (literary) journey; voyage
人生如逆旅，我亦是行人。 - From: 1091, Su Shi,《臨江仙·送錢穆父》(To the Tune: Riverside Daffodils)
- Rénshēng rú nìlǚ, wǒ yì shì xíngrén.
- Life is like a journey;
I too am on my way.
Synonyms
- ho͘-té-luh (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 公館 / 公馆 (gōngguǎn)
- 客店 (kèdiàn) (literary)
- 客棧 / 客栈 (kèzhàn)
- 客舍 (kèshè) (literary)
- 店 (diàn)
- 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
- 施舍 (shīshè) (literary)
- 旅店 (lǚdiàn)
- 旅社 (lǚshè)
- 旅館 / 旅馆 (lǚguǎn)
- 棧房 / 栈房 (zhànfáng) (dialectal)
- 販仔間 / 贩仔间 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 賓館 / 宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
- 酒店 (jiǔdiàn)
- 酒樓 / 酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
- 飯店 / 饭店 (fàndiàn)