蹁躚

Chinese

		to limp	manner of dancing; walk around
trad. (蹁躚)		蹁	躚
simp. (蹁跹)		蹁	跹
alternative forms		蹁蹮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piánxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piánxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piánsian
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²-hsien¹
    • Yale: pyán-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyanshian
    • Palladius: пяньсянь (pjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ben sen

Rime
Character	蹁	躚
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	部田切	蘇前切
Baxter	ben	sen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ben/	/sen/
Pan Wuyun	/ben/	/sen/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛn/	/sɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛn/	/sɛn/
Li Rong	/ben/	/sen/
Wang Li	/bien/	/sien/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱien/	/sien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián	xiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin4	sin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːn  seːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹁	躚
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	742	10239
Phonetic component	扁	遷
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹁	先
Old Chinese	/*beːn/	/*seːn/

Adjective

蹁躚

1. (literary) limping; staggering; hobbling
2. (of dance) whirling; swirling; spinning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹁	躚
へん Hyōgaiji	せん Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へんせん [hèńséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

蹁(へん)躚(せん) • (hensen) ^{←へんせん (fensen)?†}-tari (adnominal 蹁(へん)躚(せん)とした (hensen to shita) or 蹁(へん)躚(せん)たる (hensen taru), adverbial 蹁(へん)躚(せん)と (hensen to) or 蹁(へん)躚(せん)として (hensen to shite))

1. (literary) staggering

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蹁躚たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	蹁躚たら	へんせんたら	fensentara
Continuative (連用形)	蹁躚と[1] 蹁躚たり[2]	へんせんと へんせんたり	fensento fensentari
Terminal (終止形)	蹁躚たり	へんせんたり	fensentari
Attributive (連体形)	蹁躚たる	へんせんたる	fensentaru
Realis (已然形)	蹁躚たれ	へんせんたれ	fensentare
Imperative (命令形)	蹁躚たれ	へんせんたれ	fensentare
Key constructions
Negative	蹁躚たらず	へんせんたらず	fensentarazu
Contrasting conjunction	蹁躚たれど	へんせんたれど	fensentaredo
Causal conjunction	蹁躚たれば	へんせんたれば	fensentareba
Conditional conjunction	蹁躚たらば	へんせんたらば	fensentaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	蹁躚たりき	へんせんたりき	fensentariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	蹁躚たりけり	へんせんたりけり	fensentarikeri
Adverbial	蹁躚と	へんせんと	fensento
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Related terms

• よろめく (yoromeku)