堯舜

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See also: 尧舜

Chinese

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Yao Shun
trad. (堯舜)
simp. (尧舜)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (26)
Final () (93) (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter ngew sywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeu/ /ɕiuɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeu/ /ɕʷinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋeu/ /ɕjuenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛw/ /ɕwinH/
Li
Rong
/ŋeu/ /ɕiuĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ŋieu/ /ɕĭuĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋieu/ /ɕi̯uĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo shùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4 seon3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yáo shùn
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngew › ‹ sywinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ŋ]ˁew/ /*[s.t]u[n]-s/
English high Hibiscus

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. 14689 1643
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːw/ /*hljuns/

Proper noun

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堯舜

  1. (Chinese mythology) Emperors Yao and Shun (legendary rulers of ancient China)

Synonyms

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Noun

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堯舜

  1. (historical, personification) emperors; sages; just kings; benevolent rulers

Derived terms

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