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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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皇
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皇
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天
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天
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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huáng
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huáng
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tiān
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xiān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ hwang ›
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‹ then ›
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‹ xen ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
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/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
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/*l̥ˁi[n]/
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/*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-)
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English
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yellow and white spotted
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sovereign
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heaven
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heaven
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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皇
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天
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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12696
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12387
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Phonetic component
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王
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天
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Rime group
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陽
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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黃
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天
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡʷaːŋ/
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/*qʰl'iːn/
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Notes
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禮王制鄭注冕屬, 金文象羽冠,王聲;或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文
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皇天
- the great and almighty heavens above
- (Wenzhounese) oh my God
Synonyms[edit]
(oh my God):
- 哇老誒/哇老诶 (wà láo ei) (chiefly Singapore/Malaysia, slang)
- 喔麥尬/喔麦尬 (ōmàigà) (chiefly Taiwan, slang)
- 天哪 (tiān na)
- 天啊 (tiān a)
- 好家伙 (hǎojiāhuo)
- 媽呀/妈呀 (māya)
- 我父 (Teochew)
- 我的天 (wǒ de tiān)
- 我的天啊 (wǒ de tiān a)
- 我的媽呀/我的妈呀 (wǒdemāya)
- 我空 (Philippine Hokkien)
- 我苦 (Hokkien)
- 我迸 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 阿姆哀 (Hakka)
Derived terms[edit]