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fanch'ieh

fanch'ieh is the alternative form of fanqie.

Meaning of fanqie

Noun

fanqie (uncountable)

  1. (Chinese) In traditional Chinese lexicography, a method of indicating the pronunciation of a character by using two other characters, each giving part of the pronunciation.

Origin of fanch'ieh

From Mandarin 反切 (fǎnqiè) Wade–Giles romanization fan³-chʻieh⁴.

Questions about fanch'ieh

What is fanch'ieh the alternative form of?
Fanch'ieh is the alternative form of fanqie.

Words near fanch'ieh in the dictionary

  1. fancast
  2. fancasted
  3. fancasting
  4. fancasts
  5. Fancett
  6. fanch'ieh
  7. Fanchang
  8. fanchant
  9. fanchants
  10. Fancheng
  11. Fancher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanch'ieh (page history and authors); fanqie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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