遠遊

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	to roam; travel
trad. (遠遊)		遠	遊
simp. (远游)		远	游

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	遠	遊
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雲阮切	以周切
Baxter	hjwonX	yuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐnX/	/jɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐnX/	/jiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐnX/	/iəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuanX/	/juw/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐnX/	/iu/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐnX/	/jĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wɐnX/	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun5	jau4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遠	遊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuǎn	yóu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwonX ›	‹ yuw ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢʷanʔ/	/*[N-]ru/
English	far	wander about
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	遠	遊
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	16226	15546
Phonetic component	袁	斿
Rime group	元	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	遠	猷
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷanʔ/	/*lu/
Notes		同遊

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎnyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnyóu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-yu²
    • Yale: ywǎn-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanyou
    • Palladius: юанью (juanʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwonX yuw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢʷanʔ  [N-]ru/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷanʔ  lu/

Verb

遠遊

1. to travel far

   • 子曰：「父母在，不遠遊。遊必有方。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「父母在，不远游。游必有方。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐyuē: “Fùmǔ zài, bù yuǎnyóu. Yóu bì yǒufāng.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said: “While your parents are alive, it is better not to travel far away. If you do travel, you should have a precise destination.”

   • 悲時俗之近阨兮，願輕舉而遠遊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     悲时俗之近阨兮，愿轻举而远游。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Bēi shísú zhī jìn'è xī, yuàn qīngjǔ ér yuǎnyóu. [Pinyin]

     Grieving at the pressing constraints of the age's vulgarity - I wish to rise up lightly, to roam far off.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠遊):

• → Vietnamese: viễn du (遠遊)