Chinese edit

capital; Beijing (abbrev.) omen; million; million million, trillion to rule; surname
simp. and trad.
(京兆尹)
 
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Etymology edit

First created in the Han era [104 BCE]. According to commentaries to the Book of Han by Zhang Yan (張晏, c. 3rd century?) as collected by Yan Shigu (581–645) much later, and also Yan's own commentary, (OC *kraŋ) was interpreted as "high, elevated, grand" and (OC *l'ewʔ) referred to "multitudes; populous". Both were also used as the names for certain large numbers in Chinese.

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (11) (36)
Final () (111) (92) (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaeng drjewX ywinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæŋ/ /ɖˠiᴇuX/ /jiuɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋ/ /ɖᵚiɛuX/ /jʷinX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiaŋ/ /ȡiæuX/ /juenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajŋ/ /ɖiawX/ /jwinX/
Li
Rong
/kiɐŋ/ /ȡjɛuX/ /iuĕnX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐŋ/ /ȡĭɛuX/ /jĭuĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋ/ /ȡʱi̯ɛuX/ /i̯uĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng zhào yǔn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging1 ziu6 wan5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng zhào yǐn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæng › ‹ drjewX › ‹ ywinX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]raŋ/ /*lr[a]wʔ/ /*m-qurʔ/
English hill; capital city great number govern; governor

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 1/1
No. 6828 16856 15300
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraŋ/ /*l'ewʔ/ /*ɢʷlinʔ/

Proper noun edit

京兆尹

  1. (historical) Jingzhao Yin; Jingzhao (historical administrative and geographic division in the eastern vicinity of Chang'an)
  2. (historical) the chief official in charge of the Jingzhao district near Chang'an
  3. (historical) name of various official positions leading the government of any capital districts

Hypernyms edit