Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 1185

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 敏

MC description : 臻開三上軫明

ZIHUI: 2404 2105

Beijing: min 2

Jinan: miẽ 2

Xi'an: miẽ 2

Taiyuan: miŋ 2

Hankou: min 2

Chengdu: min 2

Yangzhou: mĩ 2

Suzhou: min 12

Wenzhou: meŋ 22

Changsha: min 2

Shuangfeng: min 2

Nanchang: min 2

Meixian: mɛn 11

Guangzhou: man 22

Xiamen: bin 2

Chaozhou: mieŋ 21

Fuzhou: miŋ 2

Shanghai: miŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: miǝn 2

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Chinese characters :

Character: 敏

Modern (Beijing) reading: mǐn

Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄ʔ

Classic Old Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́

Western Han Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́

Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́

Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́

Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́

Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ǝ̄́j

Middle Chinese: mín

English meaning : be diligent, exert oneself

Russian meaning[s]: 1) понятливый, умный; ловкий, гибкий; 2) подбодрять; стимулировать

Comments: The reading *m(h)ǝ̄ʔ can be established because the character is used in Shijing as a loan for 拇*m(h)ǝ̄ʔ 'big toe'. The development to MC mín is completely irregular and may just point to a word replacement in MC. For *m- in mín (presupposing some OC form like *mrǝnʔ or *mrinʔ) cf. Xiamen bin³, Chaozhou mieŋ³, Fuzhou miŋ³.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 66

Four-angle index: 6235

Karlgren code: 1251 q

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