雷同

Chinese
thunder
 
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad.
(雷同)		 雷 同

Etymology

In ancient China it was believed that all living things would respond when thunder struck. From this came the extended meaning "to echo what others say".

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 雷 同
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 魯回切 徒紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /luʌi/ /duŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /luoi/ /duŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /luɒi/ /duŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lwəj/ /dəwŋ/
Li
Rong		 /luᴀi/ /duŋ/
Wang
Li		 /luɒi/ /duŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /luɑ̆i/ /dʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 léi tóng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雷 同
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 léi tóng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ lwoj › ‹ duwng ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.rˁuj/ /*lˁoŋ/
English thunder together, join

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 雷 同
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7707 12446
Phonetic
component		 畾 同
Rime
group		 微 東
Rime
subdivision		 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 雷 同
Old
Chinese		 /*ruːl/ /*doːŋ/
Notes 甲金文象有節筒管與口協合，
如此方能音律諧和，
爲筒（簫）初文

Verb

雷同

  1. to be identical (when that should not be the case); to mirror each other; to resemble
    如有雷同，純屬巧合。 [MSC, trad.]
    如有雷同，纯属巧合。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rú yǒu léitóng, chúnshǔ qiǎohé. [Pinyin]
    Any resemblance to actual individuals or events is purely coincidental.
  2. to echo what others say; to parrot
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