太牢

Chinese

		great; foremost	pen; stable
simp. and trad. (太牢)		太	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàiláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄌㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàiláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàiláo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-lao²
    • Yale: tài-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taylau
    • Palladius: тайлао (tajlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH law

Rime
Character	太	牢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	他蓋切	魯刀切
Baxter	thajH	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/law/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  ruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài
Middle Chinese	‹ thajH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/
English	great
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	太	牢
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1937	7644
Phonetic component	大	牢
Rime group	祭	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	泰	勞
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*ruː/

Noun

太牢

1. (archaic) the three premium quality sacrificial animals (cow, sheep and pig) which were used as ritual offerings

See also

• 少牢 (shàoláo)