勛伐

Chinese

		medal; merit	(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against (v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
trad. (勛伐/勳閥)		勛/勳	伐/閥
simp. (勋伐)		勋	伐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūnfá, xūnfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣ ㄈㄚˊ, ㄒㄩㄣ ㄈㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūnfá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syunfá
    • Wade–Giles: hsün¹-fa²
    • Yale: syūn-fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunfar
    • Palladius: сюньфа (sjunʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵ fä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūnfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syunfa
    • Wade–Giles: hsün¹-fa¹
    • Yale: syūn-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunfa
    • Palladius: сюньфа (sjunʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjun bjot

Rime
Character	勛	伐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許云切	房越切
Baxter	xjun	bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨun/	/bʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hiun/	/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuən/	/biuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hun/	/buat̚/
Li Rong	/xiuən/	/biuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/xĭuən/	/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uən/	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xūn	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1	faat6

Noun

勛伐

1. (literary) deed; achievement; feat; contribution

   • 凡所謂志人者，不必在乎祿位，不必顯乎勛伐也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     凡所谓志人者，不必在乎禄位，不必显乎勋伐也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4^th century CE

     Fán suǒwèi zhìrén zhě, bùbì zài hū lùwèi, bùbì xiǎn hū xūnfá yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 事蹟／事迹 (shìjì)
• 功勛／功勋 (gōngxūn)
• 功勞／功劳 (gōngláo)
• 功效 (gōngxiào) (literary)
• 功烈 (gōngliè) (literary)
• 功績／功绩 (gōngjì)
• 勞績／劳绩 (láojì)
• 業績／业绩 (yèjì)
• 貢獻／贡献 (gòngxiàn)