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Chinese [ edit ]
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (太上 )
太
上
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
太
上
Reading #
1/1
3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
tài
shàng
Middle Chinese
‹ thajH ›
‹ dzyangH ›
Old Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/
/*daŋʔ-s/
English
great
top, above (n.)
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
太
上
Reading #
1/1
2/2
No.
1937
11103
Phonetic component
大
上
Rime group
祭
陽
Rime subdivision
1
0
Corresponding MC rime
泰
尚
Old Chinese
/*tʰaːds/
/*djaŋs/
太上
( archaic ) first ; firstly ; above all ; first and foremost
太上 不 生 惡 ,其次 而 能 夙 絕 之 也 ,其 下 復 而 能 改 也 。 [Classical Chinese , trad. ] 太上 不 生 恶 ,其次 而 能 夙 绝 之 也 ,其 下 复 而 能 改 也 。 [Classical Chinese , simp. ] From: c. 1st century BCE , The Elder Dai's Book of Rites (《大戴禮記》 )Tàishàng bù shēng è, qícì ér néng sù jué zhī yě, qíxià fù ér néng gǎi yě. [Pinyin] First of all , do not engender evil. Failing that, next do one's best to terminate the wrongs early. Still next, try to redress the grievances and change one's ways.
太上 不 辱 先 ,其次 不 辱 身 。 [Classical Chinese , trad. and simp. ] From: Sima Qian , 1st century BCE , Letter to Ren An . Translated by Burton Watson .Tàishàng bù rǔ xiān, qícì bù rǔ shēn. [Pinyin] Above all , a man must not bring shame to his forebears. Next he must not shame his person.