崔嵬

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Chinese

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high mountain; precipitous rocky
trad. (崔嵬)
simp. #(崔嵬)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial () (15) (31)
Final () (42) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter dzwoj ngwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zuʌi/ /ŋuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zuoi/ /ŋuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zuɒi/ /ŋuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zwəj/ /ŋwəj/
Li
Rong
/d͡zuᴀi/ /ŋuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/d͡zuɒi/ /ŋuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱuɑ̆i/ /ŋuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cuí wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi4 ngoi4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cuī wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzwoj › ‹ ngwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz]ˁuj/ /*N-qʰˁuj/
English high, rocky high and rocky

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 1/2
No. 1883 4667
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zluːl/ /*ŋɡuːl/

Noun

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崔嵬

  1. (literary) stony mound; rocky mountain
  2. (literary) top of a mountain; peak
  3. (literary, figurative) huge obstacle; great difficulty
  4. (literary, figurative) pent-up anger; sorrows

Adjective

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崔嵬

  1. (literary, ideophonic) lofty; towering
  2. (literary, ideophonic) magnificent; eminent

Derived terms

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