Chinese edit

 
to be; thus; so
to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (乃今)
simp. #(乃今)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (8) (28)
Final () (41) (140)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nojX kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌiX/ /kˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəiX/ /kᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒiX/ /kiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəjX/ /kjim/
Li
Rong
/nᴀiX/ /kjəm/
Wang
Li
/nɒiX/ /kĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑ̆iX/ /ki̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nǎi jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
noi5 gam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nǎi jīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ nojX › ‹ kim ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁəʔ/ /*[k]r[ə]m/
English then now

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9337 6599
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nɯːʔ/ /*krɯm/
Notes

Adverb edit

乃今

  1. now; at present

Synonyms edit