荀卿

Chinese

		surname	(old) minister; (old) term of endearment between spouses; thou (poet.)
trad. (荀卿)		荀	卿
simp. #(荀卿)		荀	卿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xúnqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xúnqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syúncing
    • Wade–Giles: Hsün²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: Syún-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyunching
    • Palladius: Сюньцин (Sjunʹcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swin khjaeng

Rime
Character	荀	卿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相倫切	去京切
Baxter	swin	khjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪn/	/kʰˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷin/	/kʰᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuen/	/kʰiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swin/	/kʰiajŋ/
Li Rong	/siuĕn/	/kʰiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭuĕn/	/kʰĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uĕn/	/kʰi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon1	hing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.qʷi[n]  C.qʰraŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷin  kʰraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荀	卿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xún	qīng
Middle Chinese	‹ swin ›	‹ khjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*s.qʷi[n]/	/*C.qʰraŋ/
English	spec. of plant; (proper name]	minister (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	荀	卿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16382	13607
Phonetic component	匀	鄉
Rime group	眞	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	荀	卿
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷin/	/*kʰraŋ/
Notes		鄉轉註分化字

Proper noun

荀卿

1. (honorific) Xunzi

   Synonym: 荀子 (Xúnzǐ)