"泫" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jyːn¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /hœŋ¹¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /hyøŋ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/, /jyːn¹³/, /hœŋ¹¹/, /hyøŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: xuàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], xuan⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄩㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hoeng⁵ [Puxian-Min], hyoeng⁵ [Puxian-Min], xuàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄩㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], syuàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsüan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sywàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shiuann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сюань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjuanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jyun⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], yúhn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], jyn⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], yun⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], hoeng⁵ [Puxian-Min], hē̤ng [Puxian-Min], hyoeng⁵ [Puxian-Min], hwenX [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡʷeːn/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms:
Etymology: Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese. Etymology templates: {{zh-ref|Schuessler (2007)}} Schuessler (2007), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*lwi(j)||flow; stream}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), {{och-l|水|tr=lhuiʔ}} 水 (OC lhuiʔ), {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 泫
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle
    Sense id: en-泫-zh-character-s~KsKk6-
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cry; to shed tears
    Sense id: en-泫-zh-character-Uj81IAuj Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 4 47 5 7 7 7 0 7 7 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 64 4 4 4 4 0 4 4 4 3 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 4 73 15 8 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 4 83 6 7 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 97 1 1 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 97 1 1
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of dew) glimmering; glistening
    Sense id: en-泫-zh-character-SUVvXGo2
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dew
    Sense id: en-泫-zh-character-hy8Adsfk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 泫沄, 泫泫, 泫然, 泫然欲泣, 潸泫

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "泫沄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "泫泫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "泫然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "泫然欲泣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "潸泫"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs the Old Chinese as *wînʔ and suggests a derivation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwi(j) (“flow; stream”), just like 水 (OC lhuiʔ) (minimally reconstructed); early liquids *l- or *r- often disappeared before glides *j- or *w- in Middle Chinese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "汱"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "泫",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
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      "glosses": [
        "to flow; to trickle"
      ],
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        [
          "flow",
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        ],
        [
          "trickle",
          "trickle"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of droplets of water) to flow; to trickle"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of droplets of water"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "4 47 5 7 7 7 0 7 7 7 5",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 73 15 8",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "4 83 6 7",
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          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 97 1 1",
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          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 97 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cry; to shed tears"
      ],
      "id": "en-泫-zh-character-Uj81IAuj",
      "links": [
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cry; to shed tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "glimmering; glistening"
      ],
      "id": "en-泫-zh-character-SUVvXGo2",
      "links": [
        [
          "glimmer",
          "glimmer"
        ],
        [
          "glisten",
          "glisten"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of dew) glimmering; glistening"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "dew"
      ],
      "id": "en-泫-zh-character-hy8Adsfk",
      "links": [
        [
          "dew",
          "dew"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsüan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sywàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiuann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hœŋ¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyøŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hœŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyøŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡʷeːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "泫"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 泫",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese adjectives",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "泫沄"
    },
    {
      "word": "泫泫"
    },
    {
      "word": "泫然"
    },
    {
      "word": "泫然欲泣"
    },
    {
      "word": "潸泫"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
      "form": "汱"
    }
  ],
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        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "to flow; to trickle"
      ],
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          "flow",
          "flow"
        ],
        [
          "trickle",
          "trickle"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "of droplets of water"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "to cry; to shed tears"
      ],
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        [
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          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cry; to shed tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "glimmering; glistening"
      ],
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          "glimmer",
          "glimmer"
        ],
        [
          "glisten",
          "glisten"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of dew) glimmering; glistening"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "dew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dew",
          "dew"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄩㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syuàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsüan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sywàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiuann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сюань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yúhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized",
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hē̤ng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hœŋ¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing",
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hyoeng⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyøŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷeːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hœŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hyøŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡʷeːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "泫"
}

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