繩之以法

Chinese

		rope	's; him/her/it; this	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (繩之以法)		繩	之	以	法
simp. (绳之以法)		绳	之	以	法
Literally: “to constrain somebody with the law”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéngzhīyǐfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ zi¹ ji⁵ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chîn-chi-í-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéngzhīyǐfǎ [Phonetic: shéngzhīyífǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéngjhihyǐfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng²-chih¹-i³-fa³
    • Yale: shéng-jr̄-yǐ-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherngjyyiifaa
    • Palladius: шэнчжиифа (šɛnčžiifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ zi¹ ji⁵ faat³
    • Yale: sìhng jī yíh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ dzi¹ ji⁵ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ ji¹ yi⁵ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîn-chi-í-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: tsîn-tsi-í-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinci'y'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² t͡si³³ i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin¹³⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: zying tsyi yiX pjop

Rime
Character	繩	之	以	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	章 (23)	以 (36)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	之 (19)	之 (19)	乏 (148)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	食陵切	止而切	羊己切	方乏切
Baxter	zying	tsyi	yiX	pjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑɨŋ/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/jɨX/	/pɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑɨŋ/	/t͡ɕɨ/	/jɨX/	/piɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑieŋ/	/t͡ɕie/	/ieX/	/piɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑiŋ/	/cɨ/	/jɨX/	/puap̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiəŋ/	/t͡ɕiə/	/iəX/	/piɐp̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭəŋ/	/t͡ɕĭə/	/jĭəX/	/pĭwɐp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/	/t͡ɕi/	/iX/	/pi̯wɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shéng	zhī	yǐ	fa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing4	zi1	ji5	faat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-m.rəŋ  tə  ləʔ  [p.k]ap/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦbljɯŋ  tjɯ  lɯʔ  pqab/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繩	之	以	法
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shéng	zhī	yǐ	fǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ zying ›	‹ tsyi ›	‹ yiX ›	‹ pjop ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-m.rəŋ/	/*tə/	/*ləʔ/	/*[p.k]ap/
English	string, cord	(3p object pronoun; attributive particle)	take, use	model, law
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	繩	之	以	法
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	9165	17188	14929	2867
Phonetic component	黽	之	以	法
Rime group	蒸	之	之	盍
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	繩	之	以	法
Old Chinese	/*ɦbljɯŋ/	/*tjɯ/	/*lɯʔ/	/*pqab/
Notes				說文灋省文

Idiom

繩之以法

1. to punish according to law; to bring to justice

Synonyms

• 繩之於法／绳之于法 (shéngzhīyúfǎ)