妻妾

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Chinese

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wife concubine
trad. (妻妾)
simp. #(妻妾)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (14) (14)
Final () (39) (155)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tshej tshjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sʰjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sʰiap̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 cip3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshej › ‹ tshjep ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]ˁəj/ /*[tsʰ]ap/
English consort, wife concubine

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 # 1/2 1/1
No. 9913 10467
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːl/ /*sʰeb/

Noun

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妻妾

  1. wives and concubines (of a man); harem

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (妻妾):
  • Japanese: 妻妾(さいしょう) (saishō)
  • Korean: 처첩(妻妾) (cheocheop)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 5
しょう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さい)(しょう) (saishōさいせふ (saisefu)?

  1. wife and concubine
    (さい)(しょう)(どう)(きょ)
    saishō dōkyo
    wife and concubine living under the same roof

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN