犍為

Chinese

		bullock	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (犍為/犍爲)		犍	為/爲
simp. (犍为)		犍	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiánwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kin⁴ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiánwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciánwéi
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-wei²
    • Yale: Chyán-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyanwei
    • Palladius: Цяньвэй (Cjanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/

Note: Not pronounced as Jiānwéi.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kin⁴ wai⁴
    • Yale: kìhn wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kin⁴ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kin⁴ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjen hjwe

Rime
Character	犍	為
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠焉切	薳支切
Baxter	gjen	hjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇn/	/ɦˠiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæn/	/ɣiuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gian/	/ɦjwiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛn/	/ɣjue/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛn/	/ɣǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛn/	/wie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kin4	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡran  ɢʷal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	為
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwe ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/
English	make, do, act as
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	犍	為
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	6209
Phonetic component	建	爲
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	乾	爲
Old Chinese	/*ɡran/	/*ɢʷal/
Notes		俗爲字

Proper noun

犍為

1. (～縣) Qianwei County (a county of Leshan, Sichuan, China)