八埏

Chinese

		eight	boundary
trad. (八埏)		八	埏
simp. #(八埏)		八	埏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bayán
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-yen²
    • Yale: bā-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayan
    • Palladius: баянь (bajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: peat yen

Rime
Character	八	埏
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	博拔切	以然切
Baxter	peat	yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛt̚/	/jiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚæt̚/	/jiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/pæt̚/	/jæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨt̚/	/jian/
Li Rong	/pɛt̚/	/iɛn/
Wang Li	/pæt̚/	/jĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pat̚/	/i̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ba	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baat3	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*preːd  lan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	八
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bā
Middle Chinese	‹ pɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁret/
English	eight
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	八	埏
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	89	14259
Phonetic component	八	延
Rime group	月	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	八	延
Old Chinese	/*preːd/	/*lan/

Noun

八埏

1. (Classical) places that are remote and faraway

   • 上暢九垓，下泝八埏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上畅九垓，下溯八埏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Shàng chàng jiǔgāi, xià sù bāyán. [Pinyin]

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   • 陛下龍興御極，寰海永清，道暢八埏，威加九域，鴻和普洽，靡不周泰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陛下龙兴御极，寰海永清，道畅八埏，威加九域，鸿和普洽，靡不周泰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan, 《代裴行立謝移鎮表》

     Bìxià lóngxìng yùjí, huánhǎi yǒngqīng, dào chàng bāyán, wēi jiā jiǔyù, hónghé pǔqià, mǐ bù zhōutài. [Pinyin]

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   • 中國雄立宇宙間 / 廓八埏 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     中国雄立宇宙间 / 廓八埏 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1915, Yin Chang (lyrics), Wang Lu (music), China Heroically Stands in the Universe

     Zhōngguó xiónglì yǔzhòu jiān  /  kuò bāyán [Pinyin]

     China heroically stands in Universe / Extends to the Eight Corners