僭建

Chinese

		usurp	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
trad. (僭建)		僭	建
simp. #(僭建)		僭	建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³ gin³ / cim³ gin³ / cim⁵ gin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjiann
    • Palladius: цзяньцзянь (czjanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 件件 僭建 漸漸／渐渐 濺濺／溅溅

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim³ gin³ / cim³ gin³ / cim⁵ gin³
    • Yale: jim gin / chim gin / chíhm gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³ gin³ / tsim³ gin³ / tsim⁵ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³ gin³ / qim³ gin³ / qim⁵ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³ kiːn³³/, /t͡sʰiːm³³ kiːn³³/, /t͡sʰiːm¹³ kiːn³³/

Note: cim3 gin3, cim5 gin3 - colloquial variants.

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• Middle Chinese: tsemH kjonH

Rime
Character	僭	建
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	添 (157)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	子念切	居万切
Baxter	tsemH	kjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡semH/	/kɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡semH/	/kiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɛmH/	/kiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɛmH/	/kɨanH/
Li Rong	/t͡semH/	/kiɐnH/
Wang Li	/t͡siemH/	/kĭɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡siemH/	/kɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim3	gin3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤ[i]m-s  [k]a[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯːms  kans/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僭	建
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàn	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsemH ›	‹ kjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁ[i]m-s/	/*[k]a[n]-s/
English	err	set up, establish
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	僭	建
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6711	6220
Phonetic component	兓	建
Rime group	侵	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	僭	建
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯːms/	/*kans/

Verb

僭建

1. (Hong Kong) to add structures to a house illegally; to do unauthorised building works

   • 你嘅僭建問題唔係單純嘅僭建問題，而係公開咁向市民講大話，隱瞞你嘅僭建問題。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你嘅僭建问题唔系单纯嘅僭建问题，而系公开咁向市民讲大话，隐瞒你嘅僭建问题。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴ m⁴ hai⁶ daan¹ seon⁴ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, ji⁴ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi¹ gam² hoeng³ si⁵ man⁴ gong² daai⁶ waa⁶, jan² mun⁴ nei⁵ ge³ cim³ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Your unauthorized building works problem is not solely an unauthorized building works problem, but is publicly telling lies to the public, hiding your unauthorized building works problem.

Synonyms

• 違建／违建 (wéijiàn)