卒歲

Chinese

		die; soldier; abruptly die; soldier; abruptly; hurriedly	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (卒歲)		卒	歲
simp. (卒岁)		卒	岁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zúsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zúsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zúsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsu²-sui⁴
    • Yale: dzú-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwusuey
    • Palladius: цзусуй (czusuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tswit sjwejH

Rime
Character	卒	歲
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	術 (52)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子聿切	相銳切
Baxter	tswit	sjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuɪt̚/	/siuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷit̚/	/sʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuet̚/	/siuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swit̚/	/swiajH/
Li Rong	/t͡siuĕt̚/	/siuɛiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuĕt̚/	/sĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯uĕt̚/	/si̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ju	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeot1	seoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ut  s-qʷʰat-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsud  sqʰʷads/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	卒	歲
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zú	suì
Middle Chinese	‹ tswit ›	‹ sjwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ut/	/*s-qʷʰat-s/
English	finish, die	year
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	卒	歲
Reading #	3/3	1/2
No.	17964	12165
Phonetic component	卒	歲
Rime group	物	祭
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	卒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsud/	/*sqʰʷads/
Notes	裘錫圭康殷皆雲金文象衣加劃表衣縫製完結	甲金文戉分化字， 說文戌聲非

Verb

卒歲

1. (literary) to get through the year
2. (literary) to spend days; to pass days

Noun

卒歲

1. (literary) year round; whole year