Chinese edit

flatter; cajole flatter
trad. (諂諛)
simp. (谄谀)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (10) (36)
Final () (154) (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter trhjemX yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰˠiᴇmX/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰᵚiɛmX/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰiæmX/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰjiamX/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰjɛmX/ /io/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰĭɛmX/ /jĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶʰi̯ɛmX/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cim2 jyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ trhjemX › ‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰromʔ/ /*[ɢ](r)o/
English flatter (v.) flatter (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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13562 15825
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰomʔ/ /*lo/
Notes

Verb edit

諂諛

  1. (literary) to toady; to flatter

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit