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臥
臥
See also: 卧
Translingual
Han character
臥 (radical 131 臣+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸中人 (SLO), four-corner 78700, composition ⿰臣人)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 999, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30071
- Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2801, character 3
- Unihan data for U+81E5
Chinese
| trad. | 臥 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 卧 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 臣 + 人.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo6
- Min Dong (BUC): nguô
- Min Nan (POJ): ngō͘
- Wu (Wiktionary): ngu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: wo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
- IPA (key): /u̯ɔ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngo6
- Yale: ngoh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngo6
- IPA (key): /ŋɔː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: nguô
- IPA (key): /ŋuɔ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
- Tâi-lô: ngōo
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
- IPA (Xiamen): /ŋɔ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: ngu (T3)
- IPA (key): /ŋv̩ʷ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 臥 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uo⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /uo⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /uo⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /və²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /və²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uo³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /uo⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /u²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /və¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /və¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /vɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /uo³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu |
/o¹³/ /ŋo¹³/ |
|
| Guiyang | /o²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /o²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /o⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ʊ⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vɤ⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /uə³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /vɤ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ŋu²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ŋəu³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦo¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ŋ²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋo²²/ |
| Tunxi | /ŋo¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /o⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /ŋo⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋo²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋo⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋɔ²²/ |
| Nanning | /ŋɔ²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /ŋɔ²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /go²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /ŋuɔ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ŋɔ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /o³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/ŋo³⁵/ /ai²¹³/ 訓偃 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 吾貨切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋwaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋuɑH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wò |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wò |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngwaH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ŋ]ˤ[o]j-s/ |
| English | lie down, sleep |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13061 |
| Phonetic component |
臥 |
| Rime group |
歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
臥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋʷaːls/ |
| Notes | 原象人倚臣臨時休憩，或雲臣爲宿右下席形之訛 |
Definitions
臥
Compounds
Derived terms from 臥
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Japanese
Kanji
臥
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
臥 • (wa) (hangeul 와, revised wa, McCune-Reischauer wa, Yale wa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
臥 (ngọa, ngoạ)
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