蟊賊

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Chinese

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Spanish fly; grain-eating grub thief
trad. (蟊賊)
simp. (蟊贼)
alternative forms 蝥賊蝥贼
蛑賊蛑贼

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (15)
Final () (136) (131)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjuw dzok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨu/ /d͡zək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/miu/ /d͡zək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miəu/ /d͡zək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muw/ /d͡zək̚/
Li
Rong
/miu/ /d͡zək̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭəu/ /d͡zək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ə̯u/ /d͡zʱək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
móu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mau4 zak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzok ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.dzˁək/
English injure; murderer, bandit

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. 8815 16596
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mu/ /*zɯːɡ/

Noun

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蟊賊

  1. (Classical, literally) grain-eating insect
  2. (figuratively) person harmful to the country and the people