垂釣

垂釣

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	to fish with a hook and bait
trad. (垂釣)		垂	釣
simp. (垂钓)		垂	钓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuídiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ diu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chuídiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweidiaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéidiào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰweɪ̯³⁵ tjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ diu³
    • Yale: sèuih diu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ diu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ diu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ tiːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiuᴇ  teu^H/

Rime
Character	垂	釣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	是爲切	多嘯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇ/	/teuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛ/	/teuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuɛ/	/teuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwiə̆/	/tɛwH/
Li Rong	/ʑiue/	/teuH/
Wang Li	/ʑǐwe/	/tieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑwie̯/	/tieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuí	diào

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]o[j]  [t]ˤewk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djol  pleːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	垂	釣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuí	diào
Middle Chinese	‹ dzywe ›	‹ tewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]o[j]/	/*[t]ˁewk-s/
English	hang down	to angle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	垂	釣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1676	11183
Phonetic component	垂	勺
Rime group	歌	豹
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	𡍮	弔
Old Chinese	/*djol/	/*pleːwɢs/

Verb

垂釣

1. to fish

Synonyms

• 釣魚／钓鱼 (diàoyú)