端倪

Chinese

		end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular	extremity
simp. and trad. (端倪)		端	倪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duānní

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun¹ ngai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duānní
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢㄋㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duanní
  - Wade–Giles: tuan¹-ni²
  - Yale: dwān-ní
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanni
  - Palladius: дуаньни (duanʹni)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /twän⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun¹ ngai⁴
  - Yale: dyūn ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn¹ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün¹ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /tuɑn ŋei/

Rime
Character	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	多官切	五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuɑn/	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/tʷɑn/	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/tuɑn/	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/twan/	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/tuɑn/	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/tuɑn/	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuɑn/	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duān	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dyun¹	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤor ŋˤe/

(Zhengzhang): /*toːn ŋeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duān	ní
Middle Chinese	‹ twan ›	‹ ngej ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁor/	/*ŋˁe/
English	tip (n.)	young and weak
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	端	倪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2500	2736
Phonetic component	耑	兒
Rime group	元	支
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	端	倪
Old Chinese	/*toːn/	/*ŋeː/

Noun

端倪

sign; inkling; clue
- 反覆終始，不知端倪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  反覆终始，不知端倪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Fǎnfù zhōngshǐ, bùzhī duānní. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(literary) boundary; limit; bound

Synonyms

(sign):

意思 (yìsi)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
眉目 (méimu)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing)

線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

(boundary):

Synonyms of 端倪

崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
沿子 (yánzi)
涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
墘頭／墘头 (Min Nan)
沿邊／沿边 (yánbiān)
界線／界线 (jièxiàn)

邊／边 (biān)
邊墘／边墘 (Min Nan)
邊沿／边沿 (biānyán)
邊緣／边缘 (biānyuán)
邊角／边角 (biānjiǎo)
邊際／边际 (biānjì)

Derived terms

不知端倪
端倪可察

顯露端倪／显露端倪

Verb

端倪

(literary) to predict (the development of); to forecast

Synonyms

Synonyms of 端倪

前瞻 (qiánzhān)
展望 (zhǎnwàng)
意想 (yìxiǎng)
意料 (yìliào)
捉摸 (zhuōmō)
料定 (liàodìng)
料想 (liàoxiǎng)
猜 (cāi)
逆料 (nìliào)
揣測／揣测 (chuǎicè)
測／测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)

諒心／谅心 (Xiang)
諒想／谅想 (Min Bei)
預判／预判 (yùpàn)
預想／预想 (yùxiǎng)
預感／预感 (yùgǎn)
預料／预料 (yùliào)
預斷／预断 (yùduàn)
預測／预测 (yùcè)
預示／预示 (yùshì)
預見／预见 (yùjiàn)

Derived terms

不可端倪

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (端倪):

→ Japanese: 端倪(たんげい) (tangei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
端	倪
たん Grade: S	げい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tã̠ŋɡe̞ː]

Noun

端(たん)倪(げい) • (tangei)

conjecturing

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