堯舜

See also: 尧舜

Chinese

		Yao	Shun
trad. (堯舜)		堯	舜
simp. (尧舜)		尧	舜

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	堯	舜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	五聊切	舒閏切
Baxter	ngew	sywinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋeu/	/ɕiuɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋeu/	/ɕʷinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋeu/	/ɕjuenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛw/	/ɕwinH/
Li Rong	/ŋeu/	/ɕiuĕnH/
Wang Li	/ŋieu/	/ɕĭuĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋieu/	/ɕi̯uĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	shùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	seon3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	堯	舜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáo	shùn
Middle Chinese	‹ ngew ›	‹ sywinH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁew/	/*[s.t]u[n]-s/
English	high	Hibiscus
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	堯	舜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14689	1643
Phonetic component	垚	舛
Rime group	宵	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	堯	舜
Old Chinese	/*ŋeːw/	/*hljuns/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yáo-Shùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ seon³
• Eastern Min (BUC): Ngièu-sóng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Giâu-sùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yáo-Shùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yáoshùn
    • Wade–Giles: Yao²-shun⁴
    • Yale: Yáu-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yaushuenn
    • Palladius: Яошунь (Jaošunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ seon³
    • Yale: yìuh seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ sɵn³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Ngièu-sóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieu⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)louŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Giâu-sùn
    • Tâi-lô: Giâu-sùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giausuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiau²⁴⁻²² sun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiau²⁴⁻²² sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiau¹³⁻²² sun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiau²⁴⁻¹¹ sun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiau²³⁻³³ sun²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngew sywinH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤew  [s.t]u[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːw  hljuns/

Proper noun

堯舜

1. (Chinese mythology) Emperors Yao and Shun (legendary rulers of ancient China)

Synonyms

• 唐虞 (Táng-Yú)

Noun

堯舜

1. (historical, personification) emperors; sages; just kings; benevolent rulers

Derived terms

• 女中堯舜／女中尧舜

 

Related terms

• 黃帝／黄帝 (Huángdì)
• 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ)
• 三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)
• 堯舜禹湯／尧舜禹汤 (Yáo-Shùn-Yǔ-Tāng)