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Chinese[edit]
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to give; I
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
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man; person; people
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simp. and trad. (予一人)
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予
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一
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人
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alternative forms
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余一人
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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予
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一
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人
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yú
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yī
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rén
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Middle Chinese
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‹ yo ›
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‹ ʔjit ›
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‹ nyin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*laʔ/
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/*ʔi[t]/
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/*ni[ŋ]/
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English
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I, we
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one
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(other) person
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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予
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一
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人
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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15738
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14833
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10800
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Phonetic component
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予
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一
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人
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Rime group
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魚
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質
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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余
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一
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仁
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Old Chinese
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/*la/
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/*qliɡ/
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/*njin/
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Pronoun[edit]
予一人
- (pre-Qin Classical) I; "I, the one man" (reserved for use by the Son of Heaven)
爾尚輔予一人,致天之罰,予其大賚汝! [Classical Chinese, trad.]
尔尚辅予一人,致天之罚,予其大赉汝! [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- Ěr shàng fǔ yúyīrén, zhì tiān zhī fá, yú qí dà lài rǔ! [Pinyin]
- You have to assist me, the One man, to carry out the punishment appointed by Heaven. I will greatly reward you!
百姓有過,在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
百姓有过,在予一人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bǎixìng yǒu guò, zài yúyīrén. [Pinyin]
- Whenever the people make mistakes, they can all be blamed on me, the One man.
成王曰:「余一人與虞戲也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
成王曰:「余一人与虞戏也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
- Chéngwáng yuē: “Yúyīrén yǔ Yú xì yě.” [Pinyin]
- "One was jesting with Yu," said King Cheng.
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