Chinese

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(classical) to say
thus; so; like that
thus; so; like that; you; thou
 
trad. (云爾)
simp. (云尔)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (38)
Final () (59) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjun nyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/ /ȵiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/ /ȵiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/ /ȵʑjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/ /ȵiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/ /ȵieX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/ /ȵʑǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/ /ȵʑie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún ěr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 ji5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún ěr
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjun › ‹ nyeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[r]/ /*n[ə][r]ʔ/
English say (adv. suffix)

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. 16363 2817
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/ /*njelʔ/
Notes

Particle

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云爾

  1. (literary) that's all; nothing more

Synonyms

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