宣室

Chinese

		to declare (publicly); to announce	room
simp. and trad. (宣室)		宣	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuānshì, xuānshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ, ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: sywān-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanshyh
    • Palladius: сюаньши (sjuanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuānshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuanshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-shih³
    • Yale: sywān-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuanshyy
    • Palladius: сюаньши (sjuanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: sjwen syit

Rime
Character	宣	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	須緣切	式質切
Baxter	sjwen	syit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇn/	/ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛn/	/ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuæn/	/ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swian/	/ɕit̚/
Li Rong	/siuɛn/	/ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛn/	/ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛn/	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuān	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1	sat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʷar  s.ti[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰon  hliɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宣	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuān	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ sjwen ›	‹ syit ›
Old Chinese	/*s-qʷar/	/*s.ti[t]/
English	spread (v.)	chamber; house
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	宣	室
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3954	17374
Phonetic component	亘	至
Rime group	元	質
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	宣	失
Old Chinese	/*sqʰon/	/*hliɡ/

Noun

宣室

1. palace that the emperor resides in

Proper noun

宣室

1. name of a palace