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島夷

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Chinese

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island barbarians; foreigners
trad. (島夷)
simp. (岛夷)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (36)
Final () (89) (15)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tawX yij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑuX/ /jiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑuX/ /ji/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑuX/ /jɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tawX/ /ji/
Li
Rong
/tɑuX/ /i/
Wang
Li
/tɑuX/ /ji/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tɑuX/ /i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou2 ji4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ tawX › ‹ yij › ‹ yij ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁuʔ/ /*ləj/ /*ləj/
English island level, peaceful foreigner (especially to the east)

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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 9507 14862
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuːwʔ/ /*lil/

Noun

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島夷

  1. island barbarian, in particular:
    1. (historical) in ancient times, people living along what is now the Chinese coastline
    2. (historical, derogatory) during the Northern and Southern dynasties, a derogatory name for the inhabitants of South China
    3. (historical, derogatory) the Japanese
    4. (historical) people of the seas south of China, i.e Southeast Asia

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (島夷):
  • Japanese: 島夷(とうい) (tōi)
  • Korean: 도이(島夷) (doi)