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Modern (Beijing) reading: páo
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhū
Classic Old Chinese: bhū
Western Han Chinese: bhǝ̄w
Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ̄w
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhāw
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhāw
Middle Chinese: bâw
English meaning : long robe, tunic
Russian meaning[s]: халат; платье
Comments: Also read *bhū-s, MC bầw 'lapel of coat' (LZ). For *bh cf. Chaozhou phau2, Longdu pho2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 145
Four-angle index: 7105
Karlgren code: 1113 i
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ū
Meaning: wear, garment
Chinese: *bhū a long cotton-lined tunic (cf. also 褒 *pū beautiful garment).
Kachin: lǝbu2 to wear, as a skirt or trousers.
Lushai: bun put on (rings, socks), KC *bu, *bun.
Comments: Cf. Thado bu, Lakher ǝbu wear. Ben. 103.
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Number: 1285
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 效開一平豪並
ZIHUI: 5916 1285
Beijing: phau 12
Jinan: phɔ 12
Xi'an: phau 12
Taiyuan: phau 1
Hankou: phau 11
Chengdu: phau 12
Yangzhou: phɔ 12
Suzhou: bä 12
Wenzhou: bз 12
Changsha: pau 12
Shuangfeng: bǝ 12
Nanchang: phau 12
Meixian: phau 12
Guangzhou: phou 12
Xiamen: phau 31 (lit.); pɔ 12
Chaozhou: phau 12
Fuzhou: pɔ 12
Shanghai: pɔ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: phau 12
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