獯鬻

Chinese

		name of a tribe	vend
trad. (獯鬻)		獯	鬻
simp. #(獯鬻)		獯	鬻
alternative forms		葷粥／荤粥 葷鬻／荤鬻 獯粥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xūnyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xūnyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syunyù
    • Wade–Giles: Hsün¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: Syūn-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiunyuh
    • Palladius: Сюньюй (Sjunʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: fān yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 燻肉／熏肉 獯鬻

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• Middle Chinese: xjun yuwk

Rime
Character	獯	鬻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許云切	余六切
Baxter	xjun	yuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨun/	/jɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hiun/	/jiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuən/	/iuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hun/	/juwk̚/
Li Rong	/xiuən/	/iuk̚/
Wang Li	/xĭuən/	/jĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uən/	/i̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰun  luɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬻	鬻
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ yuwk ›	‹ tsyuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*m-quk/	/*t-quk/
English	nourish	rice gruel
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	獯	鬻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14112	17541
Phonetic component	熏	粥
Rime group	文	覺
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	薰	育
Old Chinese	/*qʰun/	/*luɡ/

Proper noun

獯鬻

1. Xunyu, an ancient nomadic tribe north of China during legendary times

   • 惟智者為能以小事大，故大王事獯鬻，句踐事吳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惟智者为能以小事大，故大王事獯鬻，句践事吴。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wéi zhìzhě wèi néng yǐ xiǎo shì dà, gù Tàiwáng shì Xūnyù, Gōu Jiàn shì Wú. [Pinyin]

     And it requires a wise prince to be able, with a small country, to serve a large one - as the king Tai served the Xun Yu, and Gou Jian served Wu