Chinese edit

lonesome empty; lonesome; very few
trad. (寂寥)
simp. #(寂寥)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (15) (37) (37)
Final () (127) (93) (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter dzek lew lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zek̚/ /leu/ /lek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zek̚/ /leu/ /lek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zɛk̚/ /leu/ /lɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zɛjk̚/ /lɛw/ /lɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡zek̚/ /leu/ /lek̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziek̚/ /lieu/ /liek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiek̚/ /lieu/ /liek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zik6 liu4 lik6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzek ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-[d]ˁiwk/
English quiet

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 11734 8366 8370
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zlɯːwɢ/ /*rɯːw/ /*rɯːwɢ/
Notes

Adjective edit

寂寥

  1. quiet; tranquil; still
  2. open; spacious; empty; void
  3. lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

Synonyms edit

  • (quiet):