既望

Chinese

	already; since; both... (and...)	full moon
trad. (既望)	既	望
simp. ^#(既望)	既	望
Literally: “after the full moon”.

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ə[t]-s maŋ|maŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kɯds maŋ|maŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	既	望	望
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì	wàng	wàng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨj^H ›	‹ mjang ›	‹ mjang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ə[t]-s/	/*maŋ/	/*maŋ-s/
English	complete (v.)	look at from a distance	look at from a distance
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.

既望

(archaic, astronomy) waning moon
- 二月既望夜 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  From: 李昉《太平廣記·神二十四》
  èryuè jìwàng yè [Pinyin]
  in a night during the later half of February

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