扶蘇

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help someone up; to help	(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet
trad. (扶蘇)		扶	蘇
simp. (扶苏)		扶	苏
alternative forms		扶胥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúsū

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúsū
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúsu
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-su¹
  - Yale: fú-sū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwusu
  - Palladius: фусу (fusu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ su⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: bju su

Rime
Character	扶	蘇
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	防無切	素姑切
Baxter	bju	su
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo/	/suo/
Pan Wuyun	/bio/	/suo/
Shao Rongfen	/bio/	/so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆/	/sɔ/
Li Rong	/bio/	/so/
Wang Li	/bĭu/	/su/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u/	/suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	sū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu⁴	sou¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[p](r)a s-ŋˤa/

(Zhengzhang): /*ba sŋaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扶	蘇
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fú	sū
Middle Chinese	‹ bju ›	‹ su ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[p](r)a/	/*s-ŋˁa/
English	assist	revive
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	扶	蘇
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3280	15937
Phonetic component	夫	魚
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	扶	蘇
Old Chinese	/*ba/	/*sŋaː/

Noun

扶蘇

(literary, archaic) a kind of tree
(literary, archaic, historical) shield on chariots

Verb

扶蘇

(literary) to assist

Proper noun

扶蘇

Fusu, the eldest son of Emperor Qin Shi Huang