妻妾

Chinese

wife concubine
trad. (妻妾) 妻 妾
simp. #(妻妾) 妻 妾

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 妻 妾
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 七稽切 七接切
Baxter tshej tshjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/ /t͡sʰjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/ /t͡sʰiap̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/ /t͡sʰiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/ /t͡sʰi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qī qie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cai1 cip3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 妻 妾
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qī qiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshej › ‹ tshjep ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]ˁəj/ /*[tsʰ]ap/
English consort, wife concubine

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 妻 妾
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 9913 10467
Phonetic
component
妻 妾
Rime
group
脂 盍
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
妻 妾
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːl/ /*sʰeb/

Noun

妻妾

  1. wives and concubines (of a man); harem

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妻妾):
  • → Japanese: 妻妾(さいしょう) (saishō)
  • → Korean: 처첩(妻妾) (cheocheop)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妻 妾
さい
Grade: 5
しょう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さいしょー [sàíshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠iɕo̞ː]

Noun

妻(さい)妾(しょう) • (saishō) ←さいせふ (saisefu)?

  1. wife and concubine
    妻(さい)妾(しょう)同(どう)居(きょ)
    saishō dōkyo
    wife and concubine living under the same roof

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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