亞聖

Chinese

second; inferior; Asia
 
holy; sacred; saint
holy; sacred; saint; sage
trad. (亞聖)
simp. (亚圣)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (26)
Final () (98) (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter 'aeH syengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠaH/ /ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚaH/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔaH/ /ɕiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨH/ /ɕiajŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʔaH/ /ɕiɛŋH/
Wang
Li
/aH/ /ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔaH/ /ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
aa3 sing3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔæH › ‹ syengH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔˁrak-s/ /*l̥eŋ-s/
English secondary sage (n.)

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. 14212 11391
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːɡs/ /*hljeŋs/
Notes

Adjective

亞聖

  1. second in morality, ability and wisdom to a sage

Noun

亞聖

  1. someone who is second in morality, ability and wisdom to a sage
  2. someone who is second in skill to a previous expert

Proper noun

亞聖

  1. (honorific)Second Sage”; Mencius

See also

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