# 繩之以法
## Chinese

| | | rope | 's; him/her/it; this | to use; according to; so as toto use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) | law; method; waylaw; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
| trad. (繩之以法) | trad. (繩之以法) | 繩 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| simp. (绳之以法) | simp. (绳之以法) | 绳 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Literally: “to constrain somebody with the law”. ||||||

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shéngzhīyǐfǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^4$ zi$^1$ ji$^5$ faat$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chîn-chi-í-hoat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéngzhīyǐfǎ [Phonetic: shéngzhīyífǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧˇ ㄈㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéngjhihyǐfǎ
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^2$-chih$^1$-i$^3$-fa$^3$
*** Yale: shéng-jr̄-yǐ-fǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherngjyyiifaa
*** Palladius: шэнчжиифа (šɛnčžiifa)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ zi$^1$ ji$^5$ faat$^3$
*** Yale: sìhng jī yíh faat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ dzi$^1$ ji$^5$ faat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ ji$^1$ yi$^5$ fad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jiː¹³ faːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîn-chi-í-hoat
*** Tâi-lô: tsîn-tsi-í-huat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cinci'y'hoad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin²⁴⁻²² t͡si³³ i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin¹³⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: zying tsyi yiX pjop
Rime :
| Character | 繩 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) | 章 (23) | 以 (36) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) | 之 (19) | 之 (19) | 乏 (148) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 食陵切 | 止而切 | 羊己切 | 方乏切 |
| Baxter | zying | tsyi | yiX | pjop |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑɨŋ/ | /t͡ɕɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /pɨɐp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑɨŋ/ | /t͡ɕɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /piɐp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑieŋ/ | /t͡ɕie/ | /ie$^X$/ | /piɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑiŋ/ | /cɨ/ | /jɨ$^X$/ | /puap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiəŋ/ | /t͡ɕiə/ | /iə$^X$/ | /piɐp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭəŋ/ | /t͡ɕĭə/ | /jĭə$^X$/ | /pĭwɐp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/ | /t͡ɕi/ | /i$^X$/ | /pi̯wɐp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shéng | zhī | yǐ | fa |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing$^4$ | zi$^1$ | ji$^5$ | faat$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-m.rəŋ tə ləʔ [p.k]ap/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦbljɯŋ tjɯ lɯʔ pqab/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繩 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shéng | zhī | yǐ | fǎ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zying › | ‹ tsyi › | ‹ yi$^X$ › | ‹ pjop › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə-m.rəŋ/ | /*tə/ | /*ləʔ/ | /*[p.k]ap/ |
| English | string, cord | (3p object pronoun; attributive particle) | take, use | model, law |
| 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 | 繩 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9165 | 17188 | 14929 | 2867 |
| Phonetic component | 黽 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Rime group | 蒸 | 之 | 之 | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繩 | 之 | 以 | 法 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦbljɯŋ/ | /*tjɯ/ | /*lɯʔ/ | /*pqab/ |
| Notes | | | | 說文灋省文 |

### Idiom

繩之以法
* to punish according to law; to bring to justice

#### Synonyms

* 繩之於法／绳之于法 (shéngzhīyúfǎ)