phonetic map : 垂 chui

goulnik
 October 11, 2008, 08:27 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 垂

chui
锤 chuí hammer; weight
风锤 fēngchuí pneumatic hammer
锤光 chuíguāng to flatten
 垂 chuí to hang down; approach; condescend
垂线 chuíxiàn vertical line
垂死 chuísǐ to be dying
 捶 chuí to beat; thump
捶打 chuídǎ to beat; thump
箠 chuí whip
箠策 chuícè horsewhip
 陲 chuí border area
边陲 biānchuí frontier
 棰 chuí to beat with a stick
榜棰 bàngchuí cane for criminals
shui
  睡 shuì to sleep
睡袋 shuìdài sleeping bag
  
tuo
  唾 tuò saliva
咳唾 kétuò spittle
  
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henning
 October 11, 2008, 08:11 AM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

咳唾@kétuò@spittle
唾@tuò@saliva
垂@chuí@to hang down; approach ④condescend
垂死@chuísǐ@to be dying
垂线@chuíxiàn@vertical line
捶@chuí@to beat; thump
捶打@chuídǎ@to beat; thump
棰@chuí@to beat with a stick
榜棰@bàngchuí@cane for criminals
睡@shuì@to sleep
睡袋@shuìdài@sleeping bag
箠@chuí@whip
箠策@chuícè@n. horsewhipo
边陲@biānchuí@frontier
锤@chuí@hammer; weight
锤光@chuíguāng@to flatten
陲@chuí@border area
风锤@fēngchuí@pneumatic hammer

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goulnik
 October 11, 2008, 08:15 AM

chui and shui are reasonably similar sounds here, but tuo is a little weird.

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changye
 October 11, 2008, 09:18 AM

The historical sound transition of "垂" and "唾" are as follows （rough approximations, as always）;

垂 zhiwoi > zhiwe > chui > chuei (= chui)
唾 ..tuoi....> tua ...> tuo ..> tuo  (= tuo)

At least, the two of them had similar vowels in ancient times, but later they gradually differentiated from each other perhaps due to the difference of consonants and medial vowel.