拔劍

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	(double-edged) sword
trad. (拔劍)		拔	劍
simp. (拔剑)		拔	剑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bájiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ gim³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poe̍h-kiàm / pu̍ih-kiàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bájiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bájiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-chien⁴
    • Yale: bá-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barjiann
    • Palladius: бацзянь (baczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ gim³
    • Yale: baht gim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ gim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ gim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² kiːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe̍h-kiàm
    • Tâi-lô: pue̍h-kiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poeqkiaxm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiam²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍ih-kiàm
    • Tâi-lô: pui̍h-kiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puiqkiaxm
    • IPA (Taipei): /pui(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kiam¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjot|bat|beat kjaemH

Rime
Character	拔	拔	拔	劍
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	月 (68)	末 (64)	鎋 (75)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	II	III
Fanqie	房越切	蒲撥切	蒲八切	居欠切
Baxter	bjot	bat	beat	kjaemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bˠɛt̚/	/kɨɐmH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐt̚/	/bʷɑt̚/	/bᵚæt̚/	/kiɐmH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bæt̚/	/kiɐmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buat̚/	/bwat̚/	/bəɨt̚/	/kɨamH/
Li Rong	/biuɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bɛt̚/	/kiɐmH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐt̚/	/buɑt̚/	/bæt̚/	/kĭɐmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/	/bʱuɑt̚/	/bʱat̚/	/ki̯ɐmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fá	bó	bá	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat6	but6	baat6	gim3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤ<r>ot|bˤot-s  s.kr[a]m-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bruːd|boːd|bod  kams/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	拔	拔	劍
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bá	bèi	jiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bɛt ›	‹ bajH ›	‹ kjæmH ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁ<r>ot/	/*bˁot-s/	/*s.kr[a]m-s/
English	uproot	thinned out (forest)	sword
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	拔	拔	拔	劍
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	130	145	155	10227
Phonetic component	犮	犮	犮	僉
Rime group	月	月	月	談
Rime subdivision	2	3	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	拔	跋	伐	劔
Old Chinese	/*bruːd/	/*boːd/	/*bod/	/*kams/
Notes				原列梵韻作劒， 此本說文籀文， 集韻驗韻或體

Verb

拔劍

1. to draw a sword