篡位

Chinese

		to seize; to usurp	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (篡位)		篡	位
simp. #(篡位)		篡	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuànwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoàn-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuànwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuànwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻuan⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: tswàn-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuannwey
    • Palladius: цуаньвэй (cuanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan³ wai⁶
    • Yale: saan waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan³ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: san³ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoàn-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuàn-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoarn'ui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ ui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ ui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan¹¹⁻⁵³ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁴¹ ui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhwaenH hwijH

Rime
Character	篡	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	初患切	于愧切
Baxter	tsrhwaenH	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠuanH/	/ɦˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚanH/	/ɦʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰuɐnH/	/ɣiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨnH/	/ɦjwiH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰuanH/	/ɣjuiH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰwanH/	/ɣwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰwanH/	/wiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuàn	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan3	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːns  ɢʷrɯbs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	位
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ hwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< *ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English	standing, position
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	篡	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12141	7865
Phonetic component	算	立
Rime group	元	內
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	篡	位
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːns/	/*ɢʷrɯbs/

Verb

篡位

1. to usurp the throne

Derived terms

• 謀權篡位／谋权篡位
• 篡位車／篡位车 (cuànwèijū)

Related terms

• 篡奪／篡夺 (cuànduó)
• 篡權／篡权 (cuànquán)