萬乘

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See also: 万乗 and 万乘

Chinese

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10,000 chariot pulled by a team of four horses
trad. (萬乘)
simp. (万乘)

Etymology

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In the Zhou Dynasty, a system was enacted whereby the emperor would be allotted a 1,000 li plot of land, along with a fleet of 10,000 chariots (萬乘万乘). Later on, the term 萬乘万乘 came to refer to the emperor.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (4) (27)
Final () (66) (133)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjonH zyingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐnH/ /ʑɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐnH/ /ʑɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɐnH/ /ʑieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muanH/ /ʑiŋH/
Li
Rong
/miuɐnH/ /d͡ʑiəŋH/
Wang
Li
/mĭwɐnH/ /d͡ʑĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯wɐnH/ /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàn shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
maan6 sing6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàn shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjonH › ‹ zyingH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ma[n]-s/ /*Cə.ləŋ-s/
English 10000 vehicle

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 # 1/1 2/2
No. 12633 1458
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mlans/ /*ɦljɯŋs/

Noun

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萬乘

  1. (archaic) the emperor
  2. (archaic) 10,000 war chariots (each pulled by a team of four horses)
  3. a great country