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Modern (Beijing) reading: fǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: phaŋ(ʔ)s
Classic Old Chinese: phaŋh
Western Han Chinese: phaŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: phwaŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwàŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwàŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwàŋ
Middle Chinese: phwàŋ
English meaning : to enquire, scrutinize, consult
Russian meaning[s]: 1) навещать, посещать; наносить визит; 2) расспрашивать, справляться; доискиваться; 3) совещаться, советоваться
Comments: Most modern dialects reflect an unattested MC form *phwáŋ with rising tone.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 4222
Karlgren code: 0740 t
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ɨăŋ
Meaning: consult
Chinese: *phaŋs ask, consult.
Kachin: (H) boŋ to consult, confer, hold a council.
Comments: Cf. also Tani *bi[ŋ], Bodo *buŋ, Tamang paŋ 'say'.
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Number: 1289
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 宕合三去漾敷
ZIHUI: 6078 2241
Beijing: faŋ 2
Jinan: faŋ 2
Xi'an: faŋ 2
Taiyuan: fa_̃ 2
Hankou: faŋ 2
Chengdu: faŋ 2
Yangzhou: fâŋ 2
Suzhou: fa_ŋ 2
Wenzhou: xuɔ 21
Changsha: fan 2
Shuangfeng: xaŋ 2
Nanchang: фuɔŋ 2
Meixian: fɔŋ 2
Guangzhou: fɔŋ 21
Xiamen: hɔŋ 2
Chaozhou: huaŋ 21
Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 2
Shanghai: fa_̃ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: faŋ 3
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