篡位

Chinese

		to seize; to usurp	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (篡位)		篡	位
simp. ^#(篡位)		篡	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuànwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³ wai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoàn-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuànwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuànwèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻuan⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: tswàn-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuannwey
  - Palladius: цуаньвэй (cuanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan³ wai⁶
  - Yale: saan waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan³ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: san³ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³ wɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoàn-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tshuàn-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoarn'ui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ ui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁵³ ui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan¹¹⁻⁵³ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan²¹⁻⁴¹ ui³³/

Middle Chinese: tsrhwaenH hwijH

Rime
Character	篡	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	初患切	于愧切
Baxter	tsrhwaenH	hwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠuan^H/	/ɦˠiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰʷᵚan^H/	/ɦʷᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰuɐn^H/	/ɣiuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰwaɨn^H/	/ɦjwi^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰuan^H/	/ɣjui^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰwan^H/	/ɣwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰwan^H/	/wi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuàn	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan³	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰroːns ɢʷrɯbs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	位
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ hwij^H ›
Old Chinese	/[ɢ]ʷrəp-s/ (< ɢʷəʔ-rəp-s ?)
English	standing, position
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	篡	位
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12141	7865
Phonetic component	算	立
Rime group	元	內
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	篡	位
Old Chinese	/*sʰroːns/	/*ɢʷrɯbs/

Verb

篡位

to usurp the throne

Derived terms

謀權篡位／谋权篡位
篡位車／篡位车 (cuànwèijū)

Related terms

篡奪／篡夺 (cuànduó)
篡權／篡权 (cuànquán)