晏子

Chinese

		surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (晏子)		晏	子
simp. #(晏子)		晏	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yànzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yànzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yànzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Yen⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Yàn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanntzyy
    • Palladius: Яньцзы (Janʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aenH tsiX

Rime
Character	晏	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	烏澗切	即里切
Baxter	'aenH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠanH/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚanH/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐnH/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨnH/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ʔanH/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/anH/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔanH/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aan3	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ<r>a[n]-s  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qraːns  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	晏	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔænH ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ<r>a[n]-s/	/*tsəʔ/
English	peace, rest	child; gentleman, master
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	晏	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	20	17857
Phonetic component	安	子
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	晏	子
Old Chinese	/*qraːns/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Proper noun

晏子

1. (honorific) Yan Ying (fl. 6th century BCE)

Derived terms

• 晏子春秋 (Yànzǐ Chūnqiū)