仔肩

Chinese

		minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility	shoulder
trad. (仔肩)		仔	肩
simp. ^#(仔肩)		仔	肩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zījiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zījiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihjian
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chien¹
  - Yale: dz̄-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjian
  - Palladius: цзыцзянь (czyczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ gin¹
  - Yale: jī gīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ gin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kiːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsi ken

Rime
Character	仔	肩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	子之切	古賢切
Baxter	tsi	ken
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/	/ken/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/	/ken/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/	/kɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/	/kɛn/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/	/ken/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/	/kien/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/	/kien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹	gin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯ keːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肩
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ ken ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁe[n]/
English	shoulder (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	仔	肩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17855	6023
Phonetic component	子	肩
Rime group	之	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	兹	堅
Old Chinese	/*ʔslɯ/	/*keːn/

Noun

仔肩

(literary) responsibility; burden
- 佛時仔肩，示我顯德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  佛时仔肩，示我显德行。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bì shí zǐjiān, shì wǒ xiǎn déxíng. [Pinyin]
  Assist me to bear the burden [of my position],
  And show me how to display a virtuous conduct.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仔肩):

→ Korean: 자견(仔肩) (jagyeon)

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