齏臼

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Chinese

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fragment; spices mortar
trad. (齏臼)
simp. (齑臼)

Etymology

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Sense 2 is from the mortar's containing ( (shòu)) spice ( (xīn)), and 受 and 辛 can be combined as .

脩從碑背黃絹幼婦外孫齏臼:「?」:「。」:「。」三十:「。」:「黃絹幼婦少女外孫女子所謂絕妙好辤。」:「三十。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
脩从碑背黄绢幼妇外孙齑臼:「?」:「。」:「。」三十:「。」:「黄绢幼妇少女外孙女子所谓绝妙好辤。」:「三十。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
Wèi Wǔ cháng guò Cáo É bēi xià, Yáng Xiūcóng, bēibèi shàng jiàn tí zuò “huángjuàn yòufù, wàisūn jījiù” bā zì. Wèi Wǔ wèi Xiū yuē: “Jiě bù?” Dá yuē: “Jiě.” Wèi wǔ yuē: “Qīng wèi kě yán, dài wǒ sī zhī.” Xíng sānshí lǐ, Wèi Wǔ nǎi yuē: “Wú yǐ dé.” Lìng Xiū bié jì suǒ zhī. Xiū yuē: “Huángjuàn, sè sī yě, yú zì wèi jué. Yòufù, shàonǚ yě, yú zì wèi miào. Wàisūn, nǚzǐ yě, yú zì wèi hǎo. Jī jiù, shòu xīn yě, yú zì wèi 辤. Suǒwèi ‘juémiàohǎo辤’ yě.” Wèi Wǔ yì jì zhī, yǔ Xiū tóng, nǎi tàn yuē: “Wǒ cái bù jí qīng, nǎi jiào sānshí lǐ.” [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (13) (30)
Final () (39) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tsej gjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sei/ /ɡɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sei/ /ɡiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɛi/ /ɡiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɛj/ /guwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sei/ /ɡiuX/
Wang
Li
/t͡siei/ /ɡĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡siei/ /gi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zai1 gau6

Noun

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齏臼

  1. mortar used to pound spice
  2. Ci (poetry)