殉葬

Chinese

buried with dead; die for a cause bury (the dead)
trad. (殉葬)
simp. #(殉葬)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (17) (13)
Final () (47) (101)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter zwinH tsangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziuɪnH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/zʷinH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/zjuenH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zwinH/ /t͡saŋH/
Li
Rong
/ziuĕnH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/zĭuĕnH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯uĕnH/ /t͡sɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xùn zàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seon6 zong3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xùn zàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ zwinH › ‹ tsangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-s/ /*[ts]ˁaŋ-s/
English accompany in death bury

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. 16398 16545
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sɢʷins/ /*ʔsaːŋs/

Verb

殉葬

  1. to be buried with the dead (often alive)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 殉葬品
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