粔籹

Chinese

		cakes made from rice flour twisted into rings	cakes of rice-flour and honey
trad. (粔籹)		粔	籹
simp. #(粔籹)		粔	籹

Etymology

Either related to Tibetan མནའ (mna', “cake”) or Thai ขนม (kà-nǒm) (Unger, 1986 & Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùnǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùnǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùnyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴-nü⁴
    • Yale: jyù-nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuhniuh
    • Palladius: цзюйнюй (czjujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ny⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX nrjoX

Rime
Character	粔	籹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	其吕切	尼吕切
Baxter	gjoX	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/	/ɳɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/	/ɳiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/	/niɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/	/ɳɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/	/niɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/	/nĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6	neoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[N]-k(r)aʔ  nraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ  naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粔	籹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jù	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ gjoX ›	‹ nrjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[N]-k(r)aʔ/	/*nraʔ/
English	cakes	gjoX-nrjoX (a kind of cake)
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	粔	籹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7055	9617
Phonetic component	巨	女
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/	/*naʔ/
Notes		見招魂

Noun

粔籹

1. ring-shaped cake

   • 粔籹蜜餌，有餦餭兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     粔籹蜜饵，有𫗠𫗮兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Jùnǚ mì'ěr, yǒu zhānghuáng xī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)