徭役

Chinese

		compulsory service	service
trad. (徭役/繇役)		徭/繇	役
simp. (徭役)		徭	役
alternative forms		傜役

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáoyì
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-i⁴
    • Yale: yáu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauyih
    • Palladius: яои (jaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ jik⁶
    • Yale: yìuh yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ jɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ywek

Rime
Character	役
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	昔 (124)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	營隻切
Baxter	ywek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jwiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iuæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiajk̚/
Li Rong	/iuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭwɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*law  ɢʷek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lew  ɢʷeɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徭	役
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáo	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yew ›	‹ ywek ›
Old Chinese	/*law/	/*ɢʷek/
English	public or military service	war expedition; service
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	徭	役
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14707	15006
Phonetic component	謠	役
Rime group	宵	錫
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	遙	役
Old Chinese	/*lew/	/*ɢʷeɡ/
Notes	傜分化字見韓非子， 廣韻集韻只作傜此見玉篇

Noun

徭役

1. corvee

Synonyms

• (literary) 民事 (mínshì)