昔在
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Chinese[edit]
past; former | (located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing | ||
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simp. and trad. (昔在) |
昔 | 在 |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄗㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sizài
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-tsai4
- Yale: syī-dzài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitzay
- Palladius: сицзай (siczaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: sjek dzojX|dzojH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]Ak [dz]ˤəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːɡ zlɯːʔ|zlɯːs/
Preposition[edit]
昔在
- (set phrase, archaic) in the time of
- 昔在顓頊,命南正重以司天,北正黎以司地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Xīzài Zhuānxū, mìng Nánzhèng Chóng yǐ sī tiān, Běizhèng Lí yǐ sī dì. [Pinyin]
- In the time of Zhuanxu, mandates were given to Chong and Li, the southern and northern princes, for them to govern the heavenly and terrestrial domains respectively.
昔在颛顼,命南正重以司天,北正黎以司地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Usage notes[edit]
Almost always followed by a noun or noun phrase designating a past or legendary person, in the sense of "during the lifetime of", to initiate a narration about former events.