山荊

Chinese

		mountain; hill	thorns; brambles
trad. (山荊/山荆)		山	荊/荆
simp. (山荆)		山	荆
anagram		荊山／荆山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanjing
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-ching¹
    • Yale: shān-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanjing
    • Palladius: шаньцзин (šanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srean kjaeng

Rime
Character	山	荊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (73)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所閒切	舉卿切
Baxter	srean	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛn/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæn/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃæn/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂəɨn/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʃɛn/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ʃæn/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂăn/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1	ging1

Noun

山荊

1. (literary, humble) my wife

Synonyms

• 內人／内人 (nèirén)
• 內子／内子 (nèizǐ)
• 山妻 (shānqī)
• 拙荊／拙荆 (zhuōjīng)