蟾兔

Chinese

		toad; moon	rabbit
trad. (蟾兔)		蟾	兔
simp. #(蟾兔)		蟾	兔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chántù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chántù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chántù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-tʻu⁴
    • Yale: chán-tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charntuh
    • Palladius: чаньту (čanʹtu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ tʰu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyem|dzyem thuH

Rime
Character	蟾	蟾	兔
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	常 (25)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	職廉切	視占切	湯故切
Baxter	tsyem	dzyem	thuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇm/	/d͡ʑiᴇm/	/tʰuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/d͡ʑiɛm/	/tʰuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæm/	/d͡ʑjæm/	/tʰoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciam/	/d͡ʑiam/	/tʰɔH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/ʑiɛm/	/tʰoH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛm/	/ʑĭɛm/	/tʰuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/	/ʑi̯ɛm/	/tʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhān	chán	tù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1	sim4	tou3

Noun

蟾兔

1. (literary) the lunar toad and the jade rabbit; the moon