| rabbit | to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave |
a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
to fly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (兔走烏飛) | 兔 | 走 | 烏 | 飛 | |
| simp. (兔走乌飞) | 兔 | 走 | 乌 | 飞 | |
兔 (tù, “rabbit”) and 烏／乌 (wū, “crow”) refer to the moon rabbit and the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology and represent the moon and the sun, respectively.
| Rime | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 兔 | 走 | 走 | 烏 | 飛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) | 影 (34) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 侯 (137) | 侯 (137) | 模 (23) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 湯故切 | 子苟切 | 則候切 | 哀都切 | 甫微切 |
| Baxter | thuH | tsuwX | tsuwH | 'u | pj+j |
| Reconstructions | |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tʰuoH/ | /t͡səuX/ | /t͡səuH/ | /ʔuo/ | /pʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tʰuoH/ | /t͡səuX/ | /t͡səuH/ | /ʔuo/ | /pʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tʰoH/ | /t͡səuX/ | /t͡səuH/ | /ʔo/ | /piuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/tʰɔH/ | /t͡səwX/ | /t͡səwH/ | /ʔɔ/ | /puj/ |
| Li Rong |
/tʰoH/ | /t͡suX/ | /t͡suH/ | /ʔo/ | /piuəi/ |
| Wang Li |
/tʰuH/ | /t͡səuX/ | /t͡səuH/ | /u/ | /pĭwəi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tʰuoH/ | /t͡sə̯uX/ | /t͡sə̯uH/ | /ʔuo/ | /pwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
tù | zǒu | zòu | wū | fēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
tou3 | zau2 | zau3 | wu1 | fei1 |
兔走烏飛