井井

Chinese

		warn; well	warn; well
simp. and trad. (井井)		井	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng² zeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngjǐng [Phonetic: jíngjǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-ching³
    • Yale: jǐng-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjiing
    • Palladius: цзинцзин (czinczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeng² zeng²
    • Yale: jéng jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng² dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zéng² zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjengX tsjengX

Rime
Character	井
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子郢切
Baxter	tsjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.tseŋʔ  C.tseŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*skeŋʔ  skeŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	井
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjengX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.tseŋʔ/
English	well (n.)
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	井
Reading #	1/1
No.	6852
Phonetic component	井
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	井
Old Chinese	/*skeŋʔ/
Notes	丼注今體甲金文爲型初文

Adjective

井井

1. clean
2. orderly

Derived terms

• 井井有條 / 井井有条 (jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo)
• 井井有理