幰弩

Chinese

		curtain at front of carriage	cross-bow
trad. (幰弩)		幰	弩
simp. #(幰弩)		幰	弩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnnǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnnǔ [Phonetic: xiánnǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnnǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-nu³
    • Yale: syǎn-nǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheannuu
    • Palladius: сяньну (sjanʹnu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: xjonX nuX

Rime
Character	幰	弩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	虚偃切	奴古切
Baxter	xjonX	nuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐnX/	/nuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐnX/	/nuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɐnX/	/noX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨanX/	/nɔX/
Li Rong	/xiɐnX/	/noX/
Wang Li	/xĭɐnX/	/nuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xɨ̯ɐnX/	/nuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn	nǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin2	nou5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰanʔ  naːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	弩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nuX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.nˁaʔ/
English	crossbow
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	幰	弩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4847	9607
Phonetic component	害	女
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	幰	怒
Old Chinese	/*qʰanʔ/	/*naːʔ/

Noun

幰弩

1. (historical) a ceremonial curtain used to cover archery in ancient times