自裁

Chinese

self to judge, to decide
simp. and trad.
(自裁)
自 裁
alternative forms 自財/自财

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 自 裁
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 疾二切 昨哉切
Baxter dzijH dzoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziɪH/ /d͡zʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziH/ /d͡zəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjɪH/ /d͡zɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziH/ /d͡zəj/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziH/ /d͡zᴀi/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziH/ /d͡zɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiH/ /d͡zʱɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zì cái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6 coi4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 自 裁
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zì cái
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzijH › ‹ dzoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.[b]i[t]-s/ /*[dz]ˁə/
English self (adv.) cut out clothes

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 自 裁
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 17879 16498
Phonetic
component
自
Rime
group
至 之
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
自 裁
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljids/ /*zlɯː/

Verb

自裁

  1. (literary) to commit suicide; to kill oneself; to take one's own life
  2. (Classical) to make one's own decision

Synonyms

  • (to commit suicide):
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