農桑

Chinese

		agriculture	mulberry tree
trad. (農桑)		農	桑
simp. (农桑)		农	桑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nóngsāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nung⁴ song¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nóngsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nóngsang
    • Wade–Giles: nung²-sang¹
    • Yale: núng-sāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nongsang
    • Palladius: нунсан (nunsan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ³⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nung⁴ song¹
    • Yale: nùhng sōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nung⁴ song¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nung⁴ song¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ²¹ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nowng sang

Rime
Character	農	桑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	冬 (5)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	奴冬切	息郎切
Baxter	nowng	sang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nuoŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/nuoŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/noŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nawŋ/	/saŋ/
Li Rong	/noŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Wang Li	/nuoŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nuoŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nóng	sāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nung4	song1

Noun

農桑

1. agriculture and sericulture

   • 其令郡國務勸農桑，益種樹，可得衣食物。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其令郡国务劝农桑，益种树，可得衣食物。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Qí lìng jùnguó wù quàn nóngsāng, yì zhòngshù, kě dé yīshí wù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (農桑):

• → Korean: 농상(農桑) (nongsang)