拾遺

Chinese

		pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	to lose; to leave behind
trad. (拾遺)		拾	遺
simp. (拾遗)		拾	遗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ wai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍p-ûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhyí
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-i²
    • Yale: shŕ-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryi
    • Palladius: шии (šii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ wai⁴
    • Yale: sahp wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² wɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: si̍p-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sib'uii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴⁻² ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sip̚⁴⁻³² ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ui¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyip ywij

Rime
Character	拾	遺
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是執切	以追切
Baxter	dzyip	ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/jiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/jʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/juɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/jwi/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/ui/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/jwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/wi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap6	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d][ə]p  [ɢ](r)uj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub  lul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拾	遺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ ywij ›
Old Chinese	/*[d][ə]p/	/*[ɢ](r)uj/
English	pick up, gather	leave; reject
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	拾	遺
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	5001	4741
Phonetic component	合	貴
Rime group	緝	微
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	十	惟
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*lul/

Verb

拾遺

1. to appropriate lost property

   • 國法禁拾遺，惡民之串以無分得也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国法禁拾遗，恶民之串以无分得也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Guófǎ jìn shíyí, è mín zhī guàn yǐ wú fēn dé yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to make good omissions (often used in book titles)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (拾遺):

• → Japanese: 拾(しゅう)遺(い) (shūi)
• → Korean: 습유(拾遺) (seubyu)