邪說

Chinese

		daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (邪說)		邪	說
simp. (邪说)		邪	说

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéshuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce⁴ syut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâ-soat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéshuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéshuo
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-shuo¹
    • Yale: syé-shwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeshuo
    • Palladius: сешо (sešo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce⁴ syut³
    • Yale: chèh syut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse⁴ syt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé⁴ xud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː²¹ syːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâ-soat
    • Tâi-lô: siâ-suat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siasoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²⁴⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia¹³⁻²² suat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²⁴⁻²² suat̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: zjae sywet

Rime
Character	邪	說
Reading #	2/2	3/3
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	似嗟切	失爇切
Baxter	zjae	sywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zia/	/ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zia/	/ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zia/	/ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zia/	/ɕwiat̚/
Li Rong	/zia/	/ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/zĭa/	/ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯a/	/ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ce4	syut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.ɢA  l̥ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaː  hljod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邪	說
Reading #	1/4	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xié	shuō
Middle Chinese	‹ zjæ ›	‹ sywet ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.ɢA/	/*l̥ot/
English	awry	speak, explain
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	邪	說
Reading #	1/2	2/3
No.	14175	2571
Phonetic component	牙	兑
Rime group	魚	月
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	衺	說
Old Chinese	/*ljaː/	/*hljod/

Noun

邪說

1. heresy; heretical ideas; fallacy

   • 世衰道微，邪說暴行有作。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     世衰道微，邪说暴行有作。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shì shuāi dào wēi, xiéshuō bàoxíng yǒu zuò. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (邪說):

• → Vietnamese: tà thuyết (邪說)