"弩" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /nu²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /nou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /lɔ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lɔ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /nɔ̃⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /lɔ²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lɔ²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /nu²¹⁴/, /nou̯¹³/, /lɔ⁵³/, /lɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /nɔ̃⁵³/, /lɔ²²/, /lɔ²²/ Chinese transliterations: nǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], nu³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], nou⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ló͘, nó͘, lō͘, lǒ͘, nǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nǔ [Mandarin, Yale], nuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ну [Mandarin, Palladius], nu [Mandarin, Palladius], nou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], nóuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], nou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], nou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], ló͘ [Hokkien, POJ], lóo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lor [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], nó͘ [Hokkien, POJ], nóo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], nor [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lō͘ [Hokkien, POJ], lōo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], lǒ͘ [Hokkien, POJ], lǒo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], nuX [Middle-Chinese], /*C.nˤaʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*naːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *naːʔ): phonetic 奴 (OC *naː) + semantic 弓 (“bow”). Compare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na (“crossbow”), whence Drung tana, Naxi daqna. Unger (1990) suggests a derivation from 努 (OC *naːʔ, “to tense; to exert”), as the crossbow shoots arrows by releasing elastic potential energy stored in its limbs. Ferlus (1999) cites Gernet's opinion that 砮 (OC *naː, *naːʔ, “stone arrow-tip”) had been semantically extended to mean the whole crossbow. More likely, 弩 (OC *naːʔ) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na were Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman renditions of a Mainland Southeast Asian Wanderwort (Ratliff, 2010), possibly of Austroasiatic origin (Norman and Mei, 1976; Benedict, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Compare other MSEA lexical items meaning "crossbow": * Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ, whence Vietnamese ná, Khmer ស្នា (snaa); * Proto-Hmong-Mien *nhaᴮ, whence White Hmong hneev, Iu Mien hnaav; * Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯəꟲ, whence Thai หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai), Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai), Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²). Also compare Proto-Austronesian *panaq (“to shoot (an arrow)”) (cf. Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ) whence Malay panah, Tagalog panà, Hawaiian pana. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *naːʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *naːʔ), {{Han compound|奴|弓|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|t2=bow}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *naːʔ): phonetic 奴 (OC *naː) + semantic 弓 (“bow”), {{cog|tbq-pro|*s-na||crossbow}} Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na (“crossbow”), {{cog|duu|tana}} Drung tana, {{cog|nxq|daqna}} Naxi daqna, {{zh-ref|Unger (1990)}} Unger (1990), {{och-l|努|to tense; to exert}} 努 (OC *naːʔ, “to tense; to exert”), {{zh-ref|Ferlus (1999)}} Ferlus (1999), {{och-l|砮|stone arrow-tip}} 砮 (OC *naː, *naːʔ, “stone arrow-tip”), {{och-l|弩}} 弩 (OC *naːʔ), {{cog|tbq-pro|*s-na}} Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na, {{zh-ref|Ratliff, 2010}} Ratliff, 2010, {{der|zh|aav}} Austroasiatic, {{zh-ref|Norman and Mei, 1976}} Norman and Mei, 1976, {{zh-ref|Benedict, 1990}} Benedict, 1990, {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007, {{cog|mkh-pro|*snaʔ}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ, {{cog|vi|ná}} Vietnamese ná, {{cog|km|ស្នា}} Khmer ស្នា (snaa), {{cog|hmx-pro|*nhaᴮ}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *nhaᴮ, {{cog|mww|hneev}} White Hmong hneev, {{cog|ium|hnaav}} Iu Mien hnaav, {{cog|tai-pro|*ʰnwɯəꟲ}} Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯəꟲ, {{cog|th|หน้าไม้}} Thai หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai), {{cog|lo|ໜ້າໄມ້}} Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai), {{cog|khb|ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ}} Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²), {{cog|map-pro|*panaq||to shoot (an arrow)}} Proto-Austronesian *panaq (“to shoot (an arrow)”), {{cog|mkh-pro|*paɲʔ}} Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ, {{cog|ms|panah}} Malay panah, {{cog|tl|pana|panà}} Tagalog panà, {{cog|haw|pana}} Hawaiian pana Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 弩
  1. crossbow Wikipedia link: Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
    Sense id: en-弩-zh-character-j9St7drD Categories (other): Cantonese hanzi, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Drung terms in nonstandard scripts, Han phono-semantic compounds, Hokkien hanzi, Mandarin hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog links with redundant target parameters Derived forms: 劍拔弩張 (jiànbánǔzhāng), 剑拔弩张 (jiànbánǔzhāng), 勁弩, 劲弩, 幰弩 (xiǎnnǔ), 弓弩 (gōngnǔ), 弩弓, 弩張劍拔, 弩张剑拔, 弩手 (nǔshǒu), 弩末, 弩機, 弩机, 弩砲 (nǔpào), 弩炮 (nǔpào), 弩箙, 弩箭, 弩箭離絃, 弩箭离弦, 強弓硬弩 (qiáng gōng yìng nǔ), 强弓硬弩 (qiáng gōng yìng nǔ), 強弩, 强弩, 強弩之末 (qiángnǔzhīmò), 强弩之末 (qiángnǔzhīmò), 張眉弩眼, 张眉弩眼, 彊弩之末 (qiángnǔzhīmò), 搭弩張弓, 搭弩张弓, 璅弩, 硬弩強弓, 硬弩强弓, 負弩, 负弩, 負弩先驅, 负弩先驱, 踏弩
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          "roman": "jiànbánǔzhāng",
          "word": "劍拔弩張"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiànbánǔzhāng",
          "word": "剑拔弩张"
        },
        {
          "word": "勁弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "劲弩"
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        {
          "roman": "xiǎnnǔ",
          "word": "幰弩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gōngnǔ",
          "word": "弓弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩弓"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩張劍拔"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩张剑拔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǔshǒu",
          "word": "弩手"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩末"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩機"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩机"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǔpào",
          "word": "弩砲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǔpào",
          "word": "弩炮"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩箙"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩箭"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩箭離絃"
        },
        {
          "word": "弩箭离弦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiáng gōng yìng nǔ",
          "word": "強弓硬弩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiáng gōng yìng nǔ",
          "word": "强弓硬弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "強弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "强弩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
          "word": "強弩之末"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
          "word": "强弩之末"
        },
        {
          "word": "張眉弩眼"
        },
        {
          "word": "张眉弩眼"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
          "word": "彊弩之末"
        },
        {
          "word": "搭弩張弓"
        },
        {
          "word": "搭弩张弓"
        },
        {
          "word": "璅弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "硬弩強弓"
        },
        {
          "word": "硬弩强弓"
        },
        {
          "word": "負弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "负弩"
        },
        {
          "word": "負弩先驅"
        },
        {
          "word": "负弩先驱"
        },
        {
          "word": "踏弩"
        }
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        "crossbow"
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      "zh-pron": "nu³"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄨˇ"
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      "zh-pron": "ló͘"
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      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
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      "zh-pron": "lō͘"
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      "zh-pron": "lǒ͘"
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      "zh-pron": "nǔ"
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      "zh-pron": "nuu"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǒ͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǒo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.nˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*naːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ nó͘ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nu²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*C.nˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*naːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弩"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jiànbánǔzhāng",
      "word": "劍拔弩張"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànbánǔzhāng",
      "word": "剑拔弩张"
    },
    {
      "word": "勁弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "劲弩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎnnǔ",
      "word": "幰弩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngnǔ",
      "word": "弓弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩張劍拔"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩张剑拔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǔshǒu",
      "word": "弩手"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩末"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩機"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩机"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǔpào",
      "word": "弩砲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǔpào",
      "word": "弩炮"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩箙"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩箭"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩箭離絃"
    },
    {
      "word": "弩箭离弦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng gōng yìng nǔ",
      "word": "強弓硬弩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiáng gōng yìng nǔ",
      "word": "强弓硬弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "強弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "强弩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
      "word": "強弩之末"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
      "word": "强弩之末"
    },
    {
      "word": "張眉弩眼"
    },
    {
      "word": "张眉弩眼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiángnǔzhīmò",
      "word": "彊弩之末"
    },
    {
      "word": "搭弩張弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "搭弩张弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "璅弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "硬弩強弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "硬弩强弓"
    },
    {
      "word": "負弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "负弩"
    },
    {
      "word": "負弩先驅"
    },
    {
      "word": "负弩先驱"
    },
    {
      "word": "踏弩"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *naːʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *naːʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "奴",
        "2": "弓",
        "c1": "p",
        "c2": "s",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t2": "bow"
      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tbq-pro",
        "2": "*s-na",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crossbow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na (“crossbow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "duu",
        "2": "tana"
      },
      "expansion": "Drung tana",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nxq",
        "2": "daqna"
      },
      "expansion": "Naxi daqna",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Unger (1990)"
      },
      "expansion": "Unger (1990)",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "努",
        "2": "to tense; to exert"
      },
      "expansion": "努 (OC *naːʔ, “to tense; to exert”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ferlus (1999)"
      },
      "expansion": "Ferlus (1999)",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "砮",
        "2": "stone arrow-tip"
      },
      "expansion": "砮 (OC *naː, *naːʔ, “stone arrow-tip”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "弩"
      },
      "expansion": "弩 (OC *naːʔ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tbq-pro",
        "2": "*s-na"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ratliff, 2010"
      },
      "expansion": "Ratliff, 2010",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "aav"
      },
      "expansion": "Austroasiatic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Norman and Mei, 1976"
      },
      "expansion": "Norman and Mei, 1976",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Benedict, 1990"
      },
      "expansion": "Benedict, 1990",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkh-pro",
        "2": "*snaʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "ná"
      },
      "expansion": "Vietnamese ná",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "ស្នា"
      },
      "expansion": "Khmer ស្នា (snaa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hmx-pro",
        "2": "*nhaᴮ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *nhaᴮ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "hneev"
      },
      "expansion": "White Hmong hneev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ium",
        "2": "hnaav"
      },
      "expansion": "Iu Mien hnaav",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tai-pro",
        "2": "*ʰnwɯəꟲ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯəꟲ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "หน้าไม้"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ໜ້າໄມ້"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khb",
        "2": "ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "map-pro",
        "2": "*panaq",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to shoot (an arrow)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *panaq (“to shoot (an arrow)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mkh-pro",
        "2": "*paɲʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "panah"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay panah",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "pana",
        "3": "panà"
      },
      "expansion": "Tagalog panà",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "pana"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian pana",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *naːʔ): phonetic 奴 (OC *naː) + semantic 弓 (“bow”).\nCompare Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na (“crossbow”), whence Drung tana, Naxi daqna.\nUnger (1990) suggests a derivation from 努 (OC *naːʔ, “to tense; to exert”), as the crossbow shoots arrows by releasing elastic potential energy stored in its limbs. Ferlus (1999) cites Gernet's opinion that 砮 (OC *naː, *naːʔ, “stone arrow-tip”) had been semantically extended to mean the whole crossbow.\nMore likely, 弩 (OC *naːʔ) and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-na were Sinitic and Tibeto-Burman renditions of a Mainland Southeast Asian Wanderwort (Ratliff, 2010), possibly of Austroasiatic origin (Norman and Mei, 1976; Benedict, 1990; Schuessler, 2007). Compare other MSEA lexical items meaning \"crossbow\":\n* Proto-Mon-Khmer *snaʔ, whence Vietnamese ná, Khmer ស្នា (snaa);\n* Proto-Hmong-Mien *nhaᴮ, whence White Hmong hneev, Iu Mien hnaav;\n* Proto-Tai *ʰnwɯəꟲ, whence Thai หน้าไม้ (nâa-máai), Lao ໜ້າໄມ້ (nā mai), Lü ᦐᦱᧉᦺᦙᧉ (ṅaa²may²).\nAlso compare Proto-Austronesian *panaq (“to shoot (an arrow)”) (cf. Proto-Mon-Khmer *paɲʔ) whence Malay panah, Tagalog panà, Hawaiian pana.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "弩",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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        "Chinese nouns",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 弩",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Drung terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Han phono-semantic compounds",
        "Hokkien hanzi",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin hanzi",
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        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
        "Middle Chinese nouns",
        "Old Chinese hanzi",
        "Old Chinese lemmas",
        "Old Chinese nouns",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tagalog links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
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        "crossbow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crossbow",
          "crossbow"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ló͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lō͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lǒ͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ну"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nu²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǒ͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǒo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*C.nˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*naːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ nó͘ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nu²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*C.nˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*naːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弩"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ)'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
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}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
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}

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