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聖賢

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See also: 圣贤

Chinese

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holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
 
worthy (person)
trad. (聖賢)
simp. (圣贤)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (33)
Final () (121) (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter syengH hen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiᴇŋH/ /ɦen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɛŋH/ /ɦen/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiæŋH/ /ɣɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiajŋH/ /ɦɛn/
Li
Rong
/ɕiɛŋH/ /ɣen/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭɛŋH/ /ɣien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ɛŋH/ /ɣien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèng xián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing3 jin4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shèng xián
Middle
Chinese
‹ syengH › ‹ hen ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥eŋ-s/ /*[g]ˁi[n]/
English sage (n.) worthy

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11391 1337
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljeŋs/ /*ɡiːn/
Notes

Noun

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聖賢

  1. (literary) sage; saint

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (聖賢):