束胸

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	chest; bosom; heart chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax
trad. (束胸)		束	胸
simp. #(束胸)		束	胸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùsyong
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-hsiung¹
    • Yale: shù-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshiong
    • Palladius: шусюн (šusjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syowk xjowng

Rime
Character	束	胸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	書玉切	許容切
Baxter	syowk	xjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨok̚/	/hɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiok̚/	/hioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiok̚/	/xioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuawk̚/	/huawŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiok̚/	/xioŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭwok̚/	/xĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wok̚/	/xi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu	xiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk1	hung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljoɡ  qʰoŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	束
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ syowk ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tʰok/
English	bind; bundle
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	束	胸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11893	13893
Phonetic component	束	凶
Rime group	屋	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	束	胷
Old Chinese	/*hljoɡ/	/*qʰoŋ/
Notes		胷晚起字，手冊即以代胷

Verb

束胸

1. to bind one's chest

   • 魏犫束胸見使者曰：「以君之靈，不有寧也？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     魏犫束胸见使者曰：「以君之灵，不有宁也？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wèi Chōu shùxiōng jiàn shǐzhě yuē: “Yǐ jūn zhī líng, bùyǒu níng yě?” [Pinyin]

     Wei Chou, his chest bound, received the messenger, saying, "Thanks to his lordship's blessing, am I not well?"

Noun

束胸

1. binder (clothing item for binding the chest)