鵪鶉

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See also: 鹌鹑

Chinese

non-variegated quail variegated quail
trad. (鵪鶉)
simp. (鹌鹑)
alternative forms 鵪𪂹鹌⿰春鸟 Cantonese
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Pronunciation


Note:
  • ngiang1 cung1 - Shantou;
  • ngiang2 cung1 - Chenghai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (25)
Final () (159) (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'om dzywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌm/ /d͡ʑiuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəm/ /d͡ʑʷin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒm/ /d͡ʑjuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəm/ /d͡ʑwin/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀm/ /ʑiuĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɒm/ /ʑĭuĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔăm/ /ʑi̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ān chún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
am1 seon4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chún
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzywin ›
Old
Chinese
/*ur/
English quail

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 14329 2596
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qoːm/ /*doːn/
Notes

Noun

鵪鶉

  1. quail

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Adjective

鵪鶉

  1. (Cantonese) cowardly; timid