枉法

Chinese

		in the wrong; in vain	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (枉法)		枉	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong² faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngfǎ [Phonetic: wángfǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-fa³
    • Yale: wǎng-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangfaa
    • Palladius: ванфа (vanfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong² faat³
    • Yale: wóng faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong² faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong² fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ³⁵ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: óng-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofnghoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwangX pjop

Rime
Character	枉	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	乏 (148)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	紆往切	方乏切
Baxter	'jwangX	pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐŋX/	/pɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐŋX/	/piɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɑŋX/	/piɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuaŋX/	/puap̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiuaŋX/	/piɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ĭwaŋX/	/pĭwɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔiwaŋX/	/pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong2	faat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷaŋʔ  [p.k]ap/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaŋʔ  pqab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	枉	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng	fǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwangX ›	‹ pjop ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷaŋʔ/	/*[p.k]ap/
English	crooked; depraved	model, law
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	枉	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12759	2867
Phonetic component	往	法
Rime group	陽	盍
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	枉	法
Old Chinese	/*qʷaŋʔ/	/*pqab/
Notes		說文灋省文

Verb

枉法

1. to distort and break the law

Derived terms

• 徇私枉法 (xùnsīwǎngfǎ)
• 貪贓枉法／贪赃枉法 (tānzāngwǎngfǎ)