死節

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Chinese

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to die
backbone; integrity; drive
backbone; integrity; drive; spirit; ambition
 
trad. (死節)
simp. (死节)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (13)
Final () (17) (87)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter sijX tset
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sˠiɪX/ /t͡set̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sᵚiX/ /t͡set̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/siɪX/ /t͡sɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sjiX/ /t͡sɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/sjiX/ /t͡set̚/
Wang
Li
/siX/ /t͡siet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siX/ /t͡siet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si2 zit3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jié
Middle
Chinese
‹ sijX › ‹ tset ›
Old
Chinese
/*sijʔ/ /*tsˁik/
English die (v.) joint

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. 12006 5713
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljiʔ/ /*ʔsiːɡ/

Verb

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死節

  1. (literary) to die for the sake of honour or duty; to die and preserve one's integrity; to become a martyr