太息

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Chinese

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too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
simp. and trad.
(太息)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (16)
Final () (25) (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thajH sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /sɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /sɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /siek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /sik̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /siək̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /sĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /si̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài xi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ sik ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*sək/
English great breathe

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. 1937 13332
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*slɯɡ/
Notes

Verb

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太息

  1. (literary) to sigh (with regret); to heave a sigh

Synonyms

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