蓽澄茄

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蓽澄茄)		蓽	澄	茄
simp. (荜澄茄)		荜	澄	茄

Piper cubeba, from Köhler's Medicinal Plants (1887).

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit विडङ्ग (viḍaṅga, “false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, Embelia ribes”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì chéng qié

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì chéng qié
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì chéng cié
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴ chʻêng² chʻieh²
    • Yale: bì chéng chyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih cherng chye
    • Palladius: би чэн це (bi čɛn ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjit draeng|dring gja|kae

Rime
Character	蓽	澄	澄	茄	茄
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	庚 (109)	蒸 (133)	戈 (96)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II	III	III	II
Fanqie	卑吉切	直庚切	直陵切	求迦切	古牙切
Baxter	pjit	draeng	dring	gja	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪt̚/	/ɖˠæŋ/	/ɖɨŋ/	/ɡɨɑ/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/pit̚/	/ɖᵚaŋ/	/ɖɨŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/pjet̚/	/ȡaŋ/	/ȡieŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pit̚/	/ɖaɨjŋ/	/ɖiŋ/	/gɨa/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/piĕt̚/	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȡiəŋ/	/ɡiɑ/	/ka/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/	/ȡɐŋ/	/ȡĭəŋ/	/ɡǐɑ/	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/ȡʱɐŋ/	/ȡʱi̯əŋ/	/gi̯ɑ/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	chéng	chéng	qié	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat1	cang4	cing4	ke4	gaa1

Noun

蓽澄茄

1. tailed pepper, cubeb (Piper cubeba)