長辭

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline
trad. (長辭)		長	辭
simp. (长辞)		长	辞
alternative forms		長詞／长词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángcíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: cháng-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngtsyr
    • Palladius: чанцы (čancy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drjang zi

Rime
Character	長	辭
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直良切	似兹切
Baxter	drjang	zi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ/	/zɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ/	/zɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ/	/zie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ/	/zɨ/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ/	/ziə/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ/	/zĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ/	/zi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	sí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng4	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-[N]-traŋ  sə.lə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*daŋ  ljɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	長	辭
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháng	cí
Middle Chinese	‹ drjang ›	‹ zi ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə-[N]-traŋ/	/*sə.lə/
English	long (adj.)	words
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	長	辭
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	1276	1684
Phonetic component	長	辭
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	長	詞
Old Chinese	/*daŋ/	/*ljɯ/

Verb

長辭

1. to leave permanently
2. to die

Derived terms

• 與世長辭 / 与世长辞 (yǔshìchángcí)