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Chinese[edit]
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to lose; to miss; to fail
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direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
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trad. (失道)
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失
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道
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simp. #(失道)
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失
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道
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Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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失
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道
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shī
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dào
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syit ›
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‹ dawX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥i[t]/
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/*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/
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English
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lose
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way
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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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失
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道
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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11426
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11669
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Phonetic component
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失
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首
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Rime group
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質
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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失
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道
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Old Chinese
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/*hliɡ/
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/*l'uːʔ/
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失道
- (literary) to lose one's way; to get lost
- (literary) to lose the proper course; to lose the right path
得道者多助,失道者寡助。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Dédào zhě duōzhù, shīdào zhě guǎzhù. [Pinyin]
- He who finds the proper course has many to assist him. He who loses the proper course has few to assist him.
Derived terms[edit]