Chinese

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(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
field; plain; open space
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
 
simp. and trad.
(在野)

Etymology

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君子在野小人在位 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: 《書·大禹謨》
Jūnzǐ zài yě, xiǎorén zài wèi. [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial () (15) (15) (36)
Final () (41) (41) (100)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter dzojX dzojH yaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zʌiX/ /d͡zʌiH/ /jiaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zəiX/ /d͡zəiH/ /jiaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɒiX/ /d͡zɒiH/ /iaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zəjX/ /d͡zəjH/ /jiaX/
Li
Rong
/d͡zᴀiX/ /d͡zᴀiH/ /iaX/
Wang
Li
/d͡zɒiX/ /d͡zɒiH/ /jĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱɑ̆iX/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/ /i̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zài zài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zoi6 zoi6 je5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zài
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzojX › ‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz]ˁəʔ/ /*lAʔ/
English be at, be present open country

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 # 1/2 2/2 1/2
No. 1064 1065 15722
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zlɯːʔ/ /*zlɯːs/ /*laːʔ/

Verb

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在野

  1. (literary) to be out of office (at court or in government)

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ざい
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ざい)() (zaiya

  1. being out of office, in opposition

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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在野 (jaeya) (hangeul 재야)

  1. hanja form? of 재야 (being out of office, in opposition)