疆埸

Chinese

		border; boundary	border
simp. and trad. (疆埸)		疆	埸
alternative forms		疆易

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiangyì
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹-i⁴
  - Yale: jyāng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangyih
  - Palladius: цзянъи (czjanʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: kjang yek

Rime
Character	疆	埸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居良切	羊益切
Baxter	kjang	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐŋ/	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐŋ/	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɑŋ/	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨaŋ/	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiaŋ/	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭaŋ/	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯aŋ/	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāng	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goeng¹	jik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kaŋ leɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	疆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjang ›
Old Chinese	/*kaŋ/
English	boundary
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疆	埸
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6261	15037
Phonetic component	畺	易
Rime group	陽	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	薑	繹
Old Chinese	/*kaŋ/	/*leɡ/
Notes	同畺

Noun

疆埸 (obsolete)

border
Synonym: 疆界 (jiāngjiè)
- 兵士雜於疲老，而未嘗申敕訓練，又不為之擇將，而久其疆埸之權。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  兵士杂于疲老，而未尝申敕训练，又不为之择将，而久其疆埸之权。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1068, 王安石,《本朝百年無事劄子》
  Bīngshì zá yú pílǎo, ér wèicháng shēnchì xùnliàn, yòu bù wèi zhī zé jiàng, ér jiǔ qí jiāngyì zhī quán. [Pinyin]
  The soldiers are diluted with the aged and weak, and they have never been rigorously disciplined or trained. Moreover, no competent generals are selected for them, nor are they granted long-term authority over frontier defense.
boundary path dividing fields
battlefield

Derived terms

疆場／疆场 (jiāngchǎng) (corrupted form)