一顰一笑

Chinese

 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 knit the brows
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 laugh; smile
trad. (一顰一笑) 一 顰 一 笑
simp. (一颦一笑) 一 颦 一 笑

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 一 顰 笑
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 並 (3) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 眞 (43) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 於悉切 符眞切 私妙切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔiɪt̚/ /biɪn/ /siᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔit̚/ /bin/ /siɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔjet̚/ /bjen/ /sjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔit̚/ /bin/ /siawH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiĕt̚/ /biĕn/ /siɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /ĭĕt̚/ /bĭĕn/ /sĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /bʱi̯ĕn/ /si̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yi pín xiào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 一 笑
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yī xiào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjit › ‹ sjewH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔi[t]/ /*[s-l]aw-s/
English one to laugh

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 一 顰 笑
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 14833 9797 14621
Phonetic
component		 一 頻 夭
Rime
group		 質 眞 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2 1 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 一 頻 𥬇
Old
Chinese		 /*qliɡ/ /*bin/ /*sqʰows/
Notes 原下從犬，注或作此。漢書作八下夭

Idiom

一顰一笑

  1. every frown and smile; every facial expression

See also

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