Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

thunder clap of thunder
trad. (雷霆)
simp. #(雷霆)
alternative forms 靁霆
anagram 霆雷

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (7) (7)
Final () (42) (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () I IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter lwoj deng dengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luʌi/ /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/luoi/ /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/luɒi/ /dɛŋ/ /dɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lwəj/ /dɛjŋ/ /dɛjŋX/
Li
Rong
/luᴀi/ /deŋ/ /deŋX/
Wang
Li
/luɒi/ /dieŋ/ /dieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luɑ̆i/ /dʱieŋ/ /dʱieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
léi tíng dìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
leoi4 ting4 ding6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
léi
Middle
Chinese
‹ lwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.rˁuj/
English thunder

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. 7707 12425 12435
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruːl/ /*l'eːŋ/ /*l'eːŋʔ/

Noun edit

雷霆

  1. (chiefly poetic) thunderclap
  2. wrath; rage; ire
Synonyms edit
  • (thunderclap):
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

thunder clap of thunder
trad. (雷霆)
simp. #(雷霆)
alternative forms 雷𦗀
雷哃 Teochew
anagram 霆雷

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

雷霆

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) to thunder
Synonyms edit