將相

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Chinese

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a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
 
each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
trad. (將相)
simp. (将相)

Etymology

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Attested earliest in Mozi:

將相從事 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
将相从事 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version
Suī zhì shì zhī wéi jiàngxiàng zhě, jiē yǒu fǎ, suī zhì bǎigōng cóngshì zhě, yì jiē yǒu fǎ. [Pinyin]
The gentlemen fulfilling their duties as generals and councillors have their standards. Even the artisans performing their tasks also have their standards.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Initial () (13) (16)
Final () (105) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjangH sjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨɐŋH/ /sɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɐŋH/ /siɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siɑŋH/ /siɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨaŋH/ /sɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡siaŋH/ /siaŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭaŋH/ /sĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯aŋH/ /si̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàng xiàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zoeng3 soeng3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàng xiàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsjangH › ‹ sjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]aŋ-s/ /*[s]aŋ-s/
English lead (v.); leader appearance, quality

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
Reading # 2/2 2/2
No. 10294 13586
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaŋs/ /*slaŋs/

Noun

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將相

  1. (literary) generals and councillors; military officers and civil officials