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Modern (Beijing) reading: zǎi
Preclassic Old Chinese: cǝ̄ʔ (~ ć-)
Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄́
Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄́
Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄́
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄́
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄́j
Middle Chinese: cл́j
English meaning : steward, chamberlain, minister
Russian meaning[s]: 1) канцлер, первый министр; правитель; распорядитель; распоряжаться; 2) убивать, резать (животных); 3) обирать, обманывать; 4) Цзай (фамилия)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 40
Four-angle index: 2431
Karlgren code: 0965 b-d
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćɨ̄H
Meaning: govern, rule, lord
Chinese: *cǝ̄ʔ (~ć-) steward; minister.
Tibetan: rʒ́e, ʒ́o lord, master.
Burmese: ćǝwh to govern, direct; ćawh king, queen, royalty.
Kachin: (H) ǯau to rule.
Comments: Luce 24, 28. Cf. Austric: PAA *caw 'owner, lord', ?PAN *qasawa 'spouse, husband, wife', Tai *cʔao 'owner' (see Peiros 1998, 226). [Mentioned should be also: OC 騶 *ćru 'groom'; Tib. gco-bo 'chief' - suggesting that there is more than one root here.]
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 908
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 蟹開一上海精
ZIHUI: 1363 1067
Beijing: cai 2
Jinan: cɛ 2
Xi'an: cɛ 2
Taiyuan: cai 2
Hankou: cai 2
Chengdu: cai 11
Yangzhou: cɛ 2
Suzhou: ce_ 2
Wenzhou: ce_ 21
Changsha: cai 2
Shuangfeng: ćie 2
Nanchang: cai 2
Meixian: cai 2
Guangzhou: čɔi 21
Xiamen: cai 2 (lit.); caĩ 2
Chaozhou: cai 21
Fuzhou: cai 31
Shanghai: ce_ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: cai 2
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