權輿

Chinese

		authority; power; right	carriage; sedan chair; world
trad. (權輿)		權	輿
simp. (权舆)		权	舆

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quányú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quányú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuányú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-yü²
    • Yale: chywán-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanyu
    • Palladius: цюаньюй (cjuanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: kyùhn yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwen yo

Rime
Character	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨員切	以諸切
Baxter	gjwen	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun4	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷrar  m-q(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡron  la/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷrar/	/*m-q(r)a/
English	weight of a steelyard	vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders
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	權	輿
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	4496	15892
Phonetic component	雚	舁
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	權	余
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/	/*la/

Verb

權輿

1. (literary) to sprout; to germinate
2. (literary) to start; to begin

Synonyms

• (to sprout):

• 出息 (Hakka)
• 出芽 (chūyá)
• 出苗 (chūmiáo)
• 出青 (Hokkien)
• 必目 (Hakka)
• 必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
• 抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)
• 暴穎／暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
• 暴芽 (Hokkien)
• 爆穎／爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 爆芽 (bau⁴ nga⁴) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
• 生芽 (Hakka)
• 發穎／发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
• 綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
• 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
• 萌芽 (méngyá)
• 露苗 (lòumiáo)

 

• (to start):

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
• 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)