畟然

Chinese

		sharp	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (畟然)		畟	然
simp. #(畟然)		畟	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cèrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ ㄖㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cèrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cèrán
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻê⁴-jan²
    • Yale: tsè-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsehran
    • Palladius: цэжань (cɛžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhik nyen

Rime
Character	畟	然
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	初力切	如延切
Baxter	tsrhik	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨk̚/	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiek̚/	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiək̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭək̚/	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	che	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Nə-[tsʰ]rək  [n]a[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰrɯɡ  njen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	畟	然
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cè	rán
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrhik ›	‹ nyen ›
Old Chinese	/*Nə-[tsʰ]rək/	/*[n]a[n]/
English	sharp-cutting	so, thus; (adv suffix)
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	畟	然
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	1172	10756
Phonetic component	畟	肰
Rime group	職	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	測	然
Old Chinese	/*skʰrɯɡ/	/*njen/

Adjective

畟然

1. (literary) clear; distinct; in good order