蹁躚

Chinese

to limp manner of dancing; walk around
trad. (蹁躚)
simp. (蹁跹)
alternative forms 蹁蹮

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (3) (16)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter ben sen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ben/ /sen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ben/ /sen/
Shao
Rongfen
/bɛn/ /sɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bɛn/ /sɛn/
Li
Rong
/ben/ /sen/
Wang
Li
/bien/ /sien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱien/ /sien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pián xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pin4 sin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2
No. 742 10239
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*beːn/ /*seːn/

Adjective

蹁躚

  1. (literary) limping; staggering; hobbling
  2. (of dance) whirling; swirling; spinning

Japanese

Kanji in this term
へん
Hyōgai
せん
Hyōgai
kan'on on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んせん [hèńséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

(へん)(せん) • (hensenへんせん (fensen)?-tari (adnominal (へん)(せん)とした (hensen to shita) or (へん)(せん)たる (hensen taru), adverbial (へん)(せん) (hensen to) or (へん)(せん)として (hensen to shite))

  1. (literary) staggering

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蹁躚たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蹁躚たら へんせんたら fensentara
Continuative (連用形) 蹁躚と[1]
蹁躚たり[2]
へんせんと
へんせんたり
fensento
fensentari
Terminal (終止形) 蹁躚たり へんせんたり fensentari
Attributive (連体形) 蹁躚たる へんせんたる fensentaru
Realis (已然形) 蹁躚たれ へんせんたれ fensentare
Imperative (命令形) 蹁躚たれ へんせんたれ fensentare
Key constructions
Negative 蹁躚たらず へんせんたらず fensentarazu
Contrasting conjunction 蹁躚たれど へんせんたれど fensentaredo
Causal conjunction 蹁躚たれば へんせんたれば fensentareba
Conditional conjunction 蹁躚たらば へんせんたらば fensentaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蹁躚たりき へんせんたりき fensentariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蹁躚たりけり へんせんたりけり fensentarikeri
Adverbial 蹁躚と へんせんと fensento

[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN