Chinese edit

to declare (publicly); to announce room
simp. and trad.
(宣室)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (26)
Final () (78) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sjwen syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siuᴇn/ /ɕiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sʷiɛn/ /ɕit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjuæn/ /ɕjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/swian/ /ɕit̚/
Li
Rong
/siuɛn/ /ɕiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/sĭwɛn/ /ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯wɛn/ /ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xuān shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
syun1 sat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xuān shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjwen › ‹ syit ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-qʷar/ /*s.ti[t]/
English spread (v.) chamber; house

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. 3954 17374
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰon/ /*hliɡ/

Noun edit

宣室

  1. palace that the emperor resides in

Proper noun edit

宣室

  1. name of a palace