白兔赤烏

Chinese

		white rabbit; breast	sun
trad. (白兔赤烏)		白兔	赤烏
simp. (白兔赤乌)		白兔	赤乌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báitùchìwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˋ ㄔˋ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ tou³ cek¹ wu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báitùchìwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄨˋ ㄔˋ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báitùchìhwu
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tʻu⁴-chʻih⁴-wu¹
    • Yale: bái-tù-chr̀-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtuhchyhu
    • Palladius: байтучиу (bajtučiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ tou³ cek¹ wu¹
    • Yale: baahk tou chēk wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ tou³ tsek⁷ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ tou³ cég¹ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² tʰou̯³³ t͡sʰɛːk̚⁵ wuː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: baek thuH tsyhek 'u

Rime
Character	白	兔	赤	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	透 (6)	昌 (24)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)	模 (23)	昔 (123)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I	III	I
Fanqie	傍陌切	湯故切	昌石切	哀都切
Baxter	baek	thuH	tsyhek	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠæk̚/	/tʰuoH/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚak̚/	/tʰuoH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/bak̚/	/tʰoH/	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨjk̚/	/tʰɔH/	/cʰiajk̚/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/bɐk̚/	/tʰoH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/bɐk̚/	/tʰuH/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɐk̚/	/tʰuoH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bó	tù	chi	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak6	tou3	cik1	wu1

Idiom

白兔赤烏

1. (literary) the moon and the sun
2. (literary, figuratively) passing of time