一顰一笑

Chinese

 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
knit the brows
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
laugh; smile
trad. (一顰一笑)
simp. (一颦一笑)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (3) (16)
Final () (48) (43) (91)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/ /biɪn/ /siᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/ /bin/ /siɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/ /bjen/ /sjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/ /bin/ /siawH/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/ /biĕn/ /siɛuH/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/ /bĭĕn/ /sĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /bʱi̯ĕn/ /si̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi pín xiào
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiào
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjit › ‹ sjewH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔi[t]/ /*[s-l]aw-s/
English one to laugh

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 14833 9797 14621
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1 3
Corresponding
MC rime
𥬇
Old
Chinese
/*qliɡ/ /*bin/ /*sqʰows/
Notes

Idiom

一顰一笑

  1. every frown and smile; every facial expression

See also

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