月支

See also: 肢

Chinese

		moon; month	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
simp. and trad. (月支)		月	支

Etymology

See Chinese 月氏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèjhih
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: ywè-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehjy
    • Palladius: юэчжи (juečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: yuht jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwot tsye

Rime
Character	月	支
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	月 (68)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚厥切	章移切
Baxter	ngjwot	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐt̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐt̚/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuat̚/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐt̚/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyut6	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ʷat  ke/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋod  kje/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	月	支	支
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè	zhī	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwot ›	‹ tsye ›	‹ tsye ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ʷat/	/*ke/	/*ke/
English	moon, month	support, hold up	branch (of tree), limb
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	月	支
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16319	17200
Phonetic component	月	支
Rime group	月	支
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	月	支
Old Chinese	/*ŋod/	/*kje/

Proper noun

月支

1. Alternative form of 月氏 (“Yuezhi”)

Derived terms

• 大月支 (dàyuèzhī)
• 小月支