Chinese

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to float positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (浮陽)
simp. (浮阳)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (36)
Final () (136) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter bjuw yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bɨu/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/biu/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/biəu/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buw/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/biu/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/bĭəu/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ə̯u/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fóu yáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau4 joeng4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjuw › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*m.b(r)u/ /*laŋ/
English float (v.) bright

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. 3346 14590
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bu/ /*laŋ/

Verb

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浮陽

  1. (literary, of fish) to float on the surface of water for sunlight

Noun

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浮陽

  1. (literary) sunlight