端倪

Chinese

		end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular	extremity
simp. and trad. (端倪)		端	倪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duānní

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun¹ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duānní
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duanní
    • Wade–Giles: tuan¹-ni²
    • Yale: dwān-ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanni
    • Palladius: дуаньни (duanʹni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun¹ ngai⁴
    • Yale: dyūn ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn¹ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün¹ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: twan ngej

Rime
Character	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	多官切	五稽切
Baxter	twan	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑn/	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑn/	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑn/	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twan/	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/tuɑn/	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/tuɑn/	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑn/	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duān	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun1	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤor  ŋˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːn  ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duān	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ twan ›	‹ ngej ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁor/	/*ŋˁe/
English	tip (n.)	young and weak
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	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2500	2736
Phonetic component	耑	兒
Rime group	元	支
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	端	倪
Old Chinese	/*toːn/	/*ŋeː/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 端倪

1. sign; inkling; clue
2. (literary) boundary; limit; bound

Synonyms

• (sign):

(deprecated template usage)

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• 徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 意思
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 眉目 (méimu)
• 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
• 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

• (boundary):

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• 墘頭／墘头 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
• 沿子 (yánzi)
• 沿邊／沿边 (yánbiān)
• 涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
• 界線／界线 (jièxiàn)
• 邊／边 (biān)
• 邊墘／边墘 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 邊沿／边沿 (biānyán)
• 邊緣／边缘 (biānyuán)
• 邊角／边角 (biānjiǎo)
• 邊際／边际 (biānjì)

 

Verb

端倪

1. (literary) to predict (the development of); to forecast

Synonyms

• 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
• (Min Nan) 掠算

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
端	倪
たん Grade: S	げい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

端(たん)倪(げい) • (tangei) 

1. conjecturing