緒餘

Chinese

		beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread	remainder
trad. (緒餘)		緒	餘
simp. (绪余)		绪	余
anagram		餘緒／余绪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùyú
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴-yü²
    • Yale: syù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuhyu
    • Palladius: сюйюй (sjujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ y³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zjoX yo

Rime
Character	緒	餘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	徐吕切	以諸切
Baxter	zjoX	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌX/	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔX/	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔX/	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆X/	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ziɔX/	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/zĭoX/	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯woX/	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-m-taʔ  la/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaʔ  la/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	緒	餘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ zjoX ›	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*s-m-taʔ/	/*la/
English	arrange in order	remains; surplus
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	緒	餘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16982	15800
Phonetic component	者	余
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		余
Old Chinese	/*ljaʔ/	/*la/

Noun

緒餘

1. (literary) residues; remnants; remainder; surplus

   • 道之真以治身，其緒餘以為國家，其土苴以治天下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     道之真以治身，其绪余以为国家，其土苴以治天下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dào zhī zhēn yǐ zhìshēn, qí xùyú yǐ wéi guójiā, qí chǎzhǎ yǐ zhì tiānxià. [Pinyin]

     The true object of the Dao is the regulation of the person. Quite subordinate to this is its use in the management of the state and the clan; while the government of the kingdom is but the dust and refuse of it.

2. (literary) descendant; offspring; progeny

Synonyms

• (residues): 殘餘／残余 (cányú), 剩餘／剩余 (shèngyú), (Hokkien) 出伸, (Hokkien) 出剩
• (descendant):

• 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
• 仔孫／仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
• 兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
• 囝孫／囝孙 (Min)
• 子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn)
• 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
• 孫子／孙子 (literary)
• 後人／后人 (hòurén)
• 後代／后代 (hòudài)
• 後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì)
• 後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
• 後裔／后裔 (hòuyì)
• 根 (gēn) (figurative)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
• 餘緒／余绪 (yúxù) (literary)