九泉
Chinese
nine | fountain; spring | ||
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simp. and trad. (九泉) | 九 | 泉 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): jiǔquán
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gau2 cyun4
- Min Nan (POJ): kiú-choân
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Pinyin: jiǔquán
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchyuan
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
- Homophones:
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酒泉
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gau2 cyun4
- Yale: gáu chyùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 tsyn4
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 qun4
- IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-choân
- Tâi-lô: kiú-tsuân
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiwzoaan
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: /kɨuX d͡ziuᴇn/▼
Rime | ||
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Character | 九 | 泉 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 從 (15) |
Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 仙 (78) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
Division (等) | III | III |
Fanqie | 舉有切 | 疾緣切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨuX/ | /d͡ziuᴇn/ |
Pan Wuyun | /kiuX/ | /d͡zʷiɛn/ |
Shao Rongfen | /kiəuX/ | /d͡zjuæn/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuwX/ | /d͡zwian/ |
Li Rong | /kiuX/ | /d͡ziuɛn/ |
Wang Li | /kĭəuX/ | /d͡zĭwɛn/ |
Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯ə̯uX/ | /d͡zʱi̯wɛn/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǔ | quán |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]uʔ s-N-ɢʷar/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kuʔ sɡʷen/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 九 | 泉 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǔ | quán |
Middle Chinese | ‹ kjuwX › | ‹ dzjwen › |
Old Chinese | /*[k]uʔ/ | /*s-N-ɢʷar/ (MC I!) |
English | nine | spring, source |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 九 | 泉 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
No. | 6941 | 10728 |
Phonetic component | 九 | 泉 |
Rime group | 幽 | 元 |
Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
Corresponding MC rime | 久 | 全 |
Old Chinese | /*kuʔ/ | /*sɡʷen/ |
Noun
九泉
- (formal) grave; the nether word; the Nine Springs