太原

Chinese

too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
former; original; primary
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
 
simp. and trad.
(太原)

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (31)
Final () (25) (66)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thajH ngjwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋiuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /ŋuan/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋiuɐn/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋĭwɐn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /ŋi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài yuán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 jyun4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài yuán yuán
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ ngjwon › ‹ ngjwon ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*N-ɢʷar/ /*N-ɢʷar/
English great spring, source; origin high plain (n.)

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 16186
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*ŋʷan/
Notes

Proper noun

太原

  1. () Taiyuan (a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, and largest city in Shanxi, in northern China)
  2. () Thái Nguyên (a province of Vietnam)
  3. () Thái Nguyên (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

See also

  • (province):
Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Chinese (layout · text)
Municipalities — 中央直轄市 / 中央直辖市: 芹苴 (Qínjū) · 峴港 / 岘港 (Xiàngǎng) · 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi) · 海防 (hǎifáng) · 順化 / 顺化 (Shùnhuà) · 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng Shì)
Provinces — : 安江 (Ānjiāng) · 北寧 / 北宁 (Běiníng) · 金甌 / 金瓯 (jīn'ōu) · 高平 (gāopíng) · 多樂 / 多乐 (Duōlè) · 奠邊 / 奠边 (Diànbiān) · 同奈 (Tóngnài) · 同塔 (Tóngtǎ) · 嘉萊 / 嘉莱 (Jiālái) · 河靜 / 河静 (Héjìng) · 興安 / 兴安 (Xīng'ān) · 慶和 / 庆和 (Qìnghé) · 萊州 / 莱州 (Láizhōu) · 諒山 / 谅山 (Liàngshān) · 老街 (lǎojiē) · 林同 (Líntóng) · 乂安 (yì'ān) · 寧平 / 宁平 (Níngpíng) · 富壽 / 富寿 (Fùshòu) · 廣義 / 广义 (guǎngyì) · 廣寧 / 广宁 (Guǎngníng) · 廣治 / 广治 (Guǎngzhì) · 山羅 / 山罗 (Shānluó) · 西寧 / 西宁 (Xīníng) · 太原 (Tàiyuán) · 清化 (qīnghuà) · 宣光 (Xuānguāng) · 永隆 (Yǒnglóng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠iɡẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

(たい)(げん) • (Taigen

  1. Taiyuan (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

太原

  1. chữ Hán form of Thái Nguyên (Thái Nguyên)