臥榻

See also: 卧榻

Chinese

		to lie; to crouch	couch
trad. (臥榻)		臥	榻
simp. (卧榻)		卧	榻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wòtà

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ taap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wòtà
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòtà
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴-tʻa⁴
    • Yale: wò-tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohtah
    • Palladius: вота (vota)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁶ taap³
    • Yale: ngoh taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² tʰaːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngwaH thap

Rime
Character	臥	榻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	盍 (144)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	吾貨切	吐盍切
Baxter	ngwaH	thap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwaH/	/tʰap̚/
Li Rong	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuɑH/	/tʰɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wò	ta
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo6	taap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːls  tʰaːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wò
Middle Chinese	‹ ngwaH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁ[o]j-s/
English	lie down, sleep
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	臥	榻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13061	12242
Phonetic component	臥	蹋
Rime group	歌	盍
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	臥	榻
Old Chinese	/*ŋʷaːls/	/*tʰaːb/
Notes	原象人倚臣臨時休憩， 或雲臣爲宿右下席形之訛

Noun

臥榻

1. (literary) bed