# 權輿
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): quányú
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun$^4$ jyu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quányú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuányú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüan$^2$-yü$^2$
*** Yale: chywán-yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanyu
*** Palladius: цюаньюй (cjuanʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ y³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyun$^4$ jyu$^4$
*** Yale: kyùhn yùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyn$^4$ jy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kün$^4$ yu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːn²¹ jyː²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gjwen yo
Rime :
| Character | 權 | 輿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (80) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 巨員切 | 以諸切 |
| Baxter | gjwen | yo |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiuᴇn/ | /jɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡʷᵚiɛn/ | /jiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiuæn/ | /iɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gwian/ | /jɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjuɛn/ | /iɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭwɛn/ | /jĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi̯wɛn/ | /i̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | quán | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kyun$^4$ | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷrar m-q(r)a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡron la/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 權 | 輿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | quán | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjwen › | ‹ yo › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ʷrar/ | /*m-q(r)a/ |
| English | weight of a steelyard | vehicle, carriage; carry on shoulders |
| 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 | 權 | 輿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 4496 | 15892 |
| Phonetic component | 雚 | 舁 |
| Rime group | 元 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 權 | 余 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡron/ | /*la/ |

### Verb

權輿
* (literary) to sprout; to germinate
* (literary) to start; to begin

#### Synonyms

* (to sprout):
* 出息 (Hakka)
* 出穎／出颖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 出芽 (chūyá)
* 出苗 (chūmiáo)
* 出青 (Hokkien)
* 必目 (Hakka)
* 必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
* 抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
* 抽芽 (chōuyá)
* 暴穎／暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
* 暴芽 (Hokkien)
* 爆穎／爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 爆芽 (bau$^4$ nga$^4$) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
* 生芽 (Hakka)
* 發穎／发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
* 綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
* 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
* 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
* 萌芽 (méngyá)
* 露苗 (lòumiáo)
* (to start):
* 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
* 發端／发端 (fāduān)
* 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
* 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
* 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
* 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
* 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
* 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)