經傳

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
trad. (經傳)		經	傳
simp. (经传)		经	传

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ zyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngzhuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chuan⁴
    • Yale: jīng-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjuann
    • Palladius: цзинчжуань (czinčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ zyun⁶
    • Yale: gīng jyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ dzyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ jun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡syːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: keng drjwenH

Rime
Character	經	傳
Reading #	1/2	2/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	仙 (80)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	古靈切	直戀切
Baxter	keng	drjwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋ/	/ɖˠiuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋ/	/ɖʷᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋ/	/ȡiuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋ/	/ɖwianH/
Li Rong	/keŋ/	/ȡjuɛnH/
Wang Li	/kieŋ/	/ȡĭwɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kieŋ/	/ȡʱi̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	zhuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging1	zyun6

Noun

經傳

1. Confucian classics and commentaries on them
2. (by extension) classical works; classics

Derived terms

• 不見經傳／不见经传 (bùjiàn-jīngzhuàn)
• 名不見經傳／名不见经传 (míng bù jiàn jīngzhuàn)