富商大賈

Chinese

		rich merchant; wealthy businessperson	big merchant; wealthy merchant
trad. (富商大賈)		富商	大賈
simp. (富商大贾)		富商	大贾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fùshāngdàgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄤ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ soeng¹ daai⁶ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùshāngdàgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄤ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùshangdàgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-shang¹-ta⁴-ku³
    • Yale: fù-shāng-dà-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhshangdahguu
    • Palladius: фушандагу (fušandagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³ soeng¹ daai⁶ gu²
    • Yale: fu sēung daaih gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ soeng¹ daai⁶ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³ sêng¹ dai⁶ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ sœːŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²² kuː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuwH syang dajH|daH kuX

Rime
Character	富	商	大	大	賈
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	書 (26)	定 (7)	定 (7)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	陽 (105)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	I	I
Fanqie	方副切	式羊切	徒蓋切	唐佐切	公戸切
Baxter	pjuwH	syang	dajH	daH	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuH/	/ɕɨɐŋ/	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/piuH/	/ɕiɐŋ/	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/piəuH/	/ɕiɑŋ/	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwH/	/ɕɨaŋ/	/dajH/	/daH/	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/piuH/	/ɕiaŋ/	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/koX/
Wang Li	/pĭəuH/	/ɕĭaŋ/	/dɑiH/	/dɑH/	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯uH/	/ɕi̯aŋ/	/dʱɑiH/	/dʱɑH/	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	shāng	dài	duò	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau3	soeng1	daai6	do6	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pək-s  s-taŋ  lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s  C.qˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯɡs  hljaŋ  daːds  klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	富	商	大	大	賈
Reading #	1/1	3/3	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	shāng	dà	dà	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuwH ›	‹ syang ›	‹ daH ›	‹ dajH ›	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*pək-s/	/*s-taŋ/	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*C.qˁaʔ/
English	rich; wealth	estimate; business; trader	big	big	merchant; do business
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	富	商	大	大	賈
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2	3/3
No.	3372	11097	1934	1939	14205
Phonetic component	畐	商	大	大	襾
Rime group	代	陽	祭	祭	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	富	商	䭾	大	古
Old Chinese	/*pɯɡs/	/*hljaŋ/	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*klaːʔ/

Idiom

富商大賈

1. wealthy merchant; tycoon; magnate

Synonyms

• 富商巨賈／富商巨贾 (fùshāngjùgǔ)