顛沛

Chinese

inverted; jolt; top copious; abundant
trad. (顛沛) 顛 沛
simp. (颠沛) 颠 沛

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 顛 沛
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 端 (5) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 都年切 愽蓋切
Baxter ten pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ten/ /pɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ten/ /pɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛn/ /pɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛn/ /pajH/
Li
Rong 		/ten/ /pɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/tien/ /pɑiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tien/ /pɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diān bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		din1 bui3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 顛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		diān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ten ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁi[n]/
English top

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 顛 沛
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 17038 3287
Phonetic
component 		眞 巿
Rime
group 		眞 祭
Rime
subdivision 		1 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		顚
Old
Chinese 		/*tiːn/ /*poːbs/

Adjective

顛沛

  1. destitute
    Synonym: 顛狽 / 颠狈 (diānbèi)

Noun

顛沛

  1. difficulty; hardship; trouble

Verb

顛沛

  1. to fall
  2. (figurative) to be desperate; to fail in one's attempt
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