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Chinese[edit]
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beautiful; beauty; America
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to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable
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trad. (美稱)
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美
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稱
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simp. (美称)
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美
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称
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anagram
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稱美/称美
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Pronunciation[edit]
Rime
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Character
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美
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稱
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稱
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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明 (4)
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昌 (24)
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昌 (24)
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Final (韻)
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脂 (17)
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蒸 (133)
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蒸 (133)
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Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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無鄙切
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處陵切
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昌孕切
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Baxter
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mijX
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tsyhing
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tsyhingH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/mˠiɪX/
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/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/mᵚiX/
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/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/miɪX/
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/t͡ɕʰieŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰieŋH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/mjiX/
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/cʰiŋ/
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/cʰiŋH/
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Li Rong
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/mjiX/
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/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰiəŋH/
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Wang Li
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/miX/
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/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰĭəŋH/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/miX/
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/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/
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/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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mǐ
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chēng
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chèng
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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mei5
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cing1
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cing3
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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美
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稱
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稱
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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měi
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chēng
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chèng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mijX ›
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‹ tsyhing ›
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‹ tsyhingH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[m]rəjʔ/
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/*tʰəŋ/
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/*mə-tʰəŋ-s/
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English
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beautiful
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weigh; evaluate; call
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steelyard
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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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美
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稱
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稱
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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8951
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1402
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1405
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Phonetic component
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美
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爯
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爯
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Rime group
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脂
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蒸
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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美
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稱
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稱
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Old Chinese
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/*mriʔ/
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/*tʰjɯŋ/
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/*tʰjɯŋs/
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Notes
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甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀, 取陳獨秀說
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美稱
- to give a laudatory title or good name
美稱
- laudatory title; good name