隕首

Chinese

		fall; meteor; perish	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (隕首)		隕	首
simp. (陨首)		陨	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔnshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁵ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔnshǒu [Phonetic: yúnshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔnshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yün³-shou³
    • Yale: yǔn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeunshoou
    • Palladius: юньшоу (junʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁵ sau²
    • Yale: wáhn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁵ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁵ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn¹³ sɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwinX syuwX

Rime
Character	隕	首
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	于敏切	書九切
Baxter	hwinX	syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪnX/	/ɕɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚinX/	/ɕiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuenX/	/ɕiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjinX/	/ɕuwX/
Li Rong	/ɣjuĕnX/	/ɕiuX/
Wang Li	/ɣǐĕnX/	/ɕĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ĕnX/	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǔn	shǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan5	sau2

Verb

隕首

1. to offer one's life in sacrifice