# 端倪
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duānní
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ ㄋㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun$^1$ ngai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duānní
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ ㄋㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duanní
*** Wade–Giles: tuan$^1$-ni$^2$
*** Yale: dwān-ní
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanni
*** Palladius: дуаньни (duanʹni)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯än⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dyun$^1$ ngai$^4$
*** Yale: dyūn ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dyn$^1$ ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dün$^1$ ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tyːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: twan ngej
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 |
| Baxter | twan | ngej |
| 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 | dyun$^1$ | ngai$^4$ |
* 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
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Fǎnfù zhōngshǐ, bùzhī duānní. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) boundary; limit; bound

#### Synonyms

* (sign):
* 徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 意思
* 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
* 眉目 (méimu)
* 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
* 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
* 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
* 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)
* (boundary):
* 墘頭／墘头 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 崖 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
* 沿子 (yánzi)
* 沿邊／沿边 (yánbiān)
* 涯 (yá) (literary, or in compounds)
* 界線／界线 (jièxiàn)
* 邊／边 (biān)
* 邊墘／边墘 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 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

* 前瞻 (qiánzhān)
* 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
* 意想 (yìxiǎng)
* 意料 (yìliào)
* 捉摸 (zhuōmō)
* 揣測／揣测 (chuǎicè)
* 料定 (liàodìng)
* 料想 (liàoxiǎng)
* 料算 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 測／测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
* 猜 (cāi)
* 諒心／谅心 (lian$^5$ sin) (Xiang)
* 諒想／谅想 (liōng-siǒng) (Northern Min)
* 逆料 (nìliào)
* 預判／预判 (yùpàn)
* 預卜／预卜 (yùbǔ)
* 預報／预报 (yùbào)
* 預感／预感 (yùgǎn)
* 預想／预想 (yùxiǎng)
* 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)
* 預言／预言 (yùyán)

#### Derived terms

* 不可端倪

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 端倪(たんげい) (tangei)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 端 | 倪 |
| たん Grade: S | げい Hyōgai |
| kan'on ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tã̠ŋɡe̞ː]

### Noun

端(たん)倪(げい) • (tangei)
* conjecturing