瑞兆

Chinese

		lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (瑞兆)		瑞	兆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruìzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruìzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèijhào
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴-chao⁴
    • Yale: rwèi-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rueyjaw
    • Palladius: жуйчжао (žujčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyweH drjewX

Rime
Character	瑞	兆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是僞切	治小切
Baxter	dzyweH	drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇH/	/ɖˠiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛH/	/ɖᵚiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuɛH/	/ȡiæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwiə̆H/	/ɖiawX/
Li Rong	/ʑiueH/	/ȡjɛuX/
Wang Li	/ʑǐweH/	/ȡĭɛuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑwie̯H/	/ȡʱi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuì	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi6	ziu6

Noun

瑞兆

1. (literary) auspicious omen

   • 母以兒生瑞兆，因為靈育。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     母以儿生瑞兆，因为灵育。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Huijiao, Memoirs of Eminent Monks, circa 530 CE

     Mǔ yǐ ér shēng ruìzhào, yīn wèi língyù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	兆
ずい Jinmeiyō	ちょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ずいちょー [zùíchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

瑞(ずい)兆(ちょう) • (zuichō) ^{←ずいてう (zuiteu)?}

1. auspicious omen