自乘

Chinese

		self	multiply
trad. (自乘)		自	乘
simp. #(自乘)		自	乘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ sêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhchéng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: dz̀-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhcherng
    • Palladius: цзычэн (czyčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH zying

Rime
Character	自	乘
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	船 (27)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾二切	食陵切
Baxter	dzijH	zying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/ʑɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/ʑɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/ʑieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/ʑiŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/d͡ʑiəŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/d͡ʑĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	shéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	sing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s  Cə.ləŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids  ɦljɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	自	乘
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zì	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzijH ›	‹ zying ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[b]i[t]-s/	/*Cə.ləŋ/
English	self (adv.)	ride (v.)
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	自	乘
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	17879	1452
Phonetic component	自	乘
Rime group	至	蒸
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	自	繩
Old Chinese	/*ɦljids/	/*ɦljɯŋ/

Verb

自乘

1. (arithmetic, of a number) to be multiplied by itself

   2自乘四次得16。  ―  2 zìchéng sì cì dé 16.  ―  2 to the power of 4 is 16.

   • 元始黃鐘初九自乘，一龠之數，得日法。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     元始黄钟初九自乘，一龠之数，得日法。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Yuánshǐ huángzhōng chū jiǔ zìchéng, yī yuè zhī shù, dé rì fǎ. [Pinyin]

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   • 以半徑為弦，五步自乘得二十五。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以半径为弦，五步自乘得二十五。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1088 CE, Shen Kuo, Dream Pool Essays

     Yǐ bànjìng wèi xián, wǔ bù zìchéng dé èrshíwǔ. [Pinyin]

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (自乘):

• → Japanese: 自(じ)乗(じょう) (jijō)
• → Korean: 자승(自乘) (jaseung)