赤縣

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	a district; county
trad. (赤縣)		赤	縣
simp. (赤县)		赤	县

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chìxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chìxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chìhsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻih⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: Chr̀-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyhshiann
    • Palladius: Чисянь (Čisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhek hwenH

Rime
Character	赤	縣
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	昌石切	黃練切
Baxter	tsyhek	hwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/ɦwenH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ɦʷenH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/ɣuɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/	/ɦwɛnH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ɣuenH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/ɣiwenH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ɣiwenH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	xuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	jyun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t-qʰ](r)Ak  Cə.[ɡ]ʷˤe[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰljaɡ  ɡʷeːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	赤	縣
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chì	xiàn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhek ›	‹ hwenH ›
Old Chinese	/*[t-qʰ](r)Ak/	/*Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n]-s/
English	red	district
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	赤	縣
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1477	13578
Phonetic component	赤	縣
Rime group	鐸	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	尺
Old Chinese	/*kʰljaɡ/	/*ɡʷeːns/

Proper noun

赤縣

1. Short for 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu, “China”).

Synonyms

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• 中 (abbreviation)
• 中共國／中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
• 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
• 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó)
• 中華／中华
• 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
• 唐山 (Tángshān)
• 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
• 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
• 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
• 契弟 (qìdì) (Internet slang, derogatory)
• 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
• 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
• 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
• 牆國／墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
• 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
• 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 種花家／种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
• 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
• 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
• 華／华 (abbreviation)
• 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià)
• 諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)
• 諸華／诸华 (Zhūhuá)
• 貴支／贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
• 贏國／赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
• 赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
• 赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
• 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)