矣
HSK 7freq #12662
Meanings
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- 1.classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le]
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Wiktionary
- 1.Particle expressing completion, similar to 了 (le) in Standard Mandarin.
- 2.Particle expressing exclamation, similar to 啦 (la) in Standard Mandarin.
- 3.already; now (Sentence-final particle expressing completion, similar to 了 (le) in Standard Mandarin.)
- 4.Transcription of the word for rhinoceros in a language used in ancient Yunnan.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢlɯʔ): phonetic 㠯 (OC *lɯʔ) + semantic 矢 (“arrow”). 矢 (OC *hliʔ) may also act as a phonetic component. Pulleyblank (1995) tentatively suggests a connection to adverb 已 (OC *lɯʔ, “already, perfective marker”), drawing a parallel with the 了₁ (perfective particle) and 了₂ (change of state modal particle) meanings of 了 (le), but doubts that they are etymologically related, suggesting the connection may be purely semantic and for aspectual functions.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
不下雨則矣，一下一定是傾盆大雨。
It never rains but it pours.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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