待罪

Chinese

		wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
trad. (待罪)		待	罪
simp. #(待罪)		待	罪
Literally: “to await (eventual) punishment”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàizuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàizuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàizuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tai⁴-tsui⁴
    • Yale: dài-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daytzuey
    • Palladius: дайцзуй (dajczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dojX dzwojX

Rime
Character	待	罪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒亥切	徂賄切
Baxter	dojX	dzwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dʌiX/	/d͡zuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/dəiX/	/d͡zuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɒiX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəjX/	/d͡zwəjX/
Li Rong	/dᴀiX/	/d͡zuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/dɒiX/	/d͡zuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑ̆iX/	/d͡zʱuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	doi6	zeoi6

Verb

待罪

1. (obsolete, humble) to serve as an official; to occupy an official position

   Synonym: 俟罪 (sìzuì)

   • 臣幸得待罪行間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣幸得待罪行间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chén xìng dé dàizuì hángjiān. [Pinyin]

     I have had the honour of serving in the rank and file.