胎教

Chinese

fetus; litter teach; teaching; religion
simp. and trad.
(胎教)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (6) (28)
Final () (41) (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌi/ /kˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəi/ /kᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒi/ /kauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəj/ /kaɨwH/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀi/ /kauH/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒi/ /kauH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰɑ̆i/ /kauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tāi jiào
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tāi jiào
Middle
Chinese
‹ thoj › ‹ kæwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁə/ /*s.kˁraw-s/
English fetus teaching; instruction

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 2/2
No. 12259 14643
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰɯː/ /*kraːws/

Verb

胎教

  1. to practice antenatal education (i.e. to do things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)
    胎教王后宴室 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
    From: 《大戴禮記•保傅》
    Gǔ zhě tāijiào, wánghòu fù zhī qī yuè, ér jiù yànshì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)
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