系列

Chinese

		be; system; to tie be; system; to tie; department; faculty	to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series
trad. (系列)		系	列
simp. #(系列)		系	列

Etymology

Borrowed from English series, from Latin series. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xìliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi⁴ nie²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁶ lit⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ne-lie̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hē-lia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi⁶ liag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìliè
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-lieh⁴
    • Yale: syì-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihlieh
    • Palladius: силе (sile)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xi⁴ nie²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xilie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹³ niɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁶ lit⁶
    • Yale: haih liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁶ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁶ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²² liːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ne-lie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ne lied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ne⁴ liad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ne⁵⁵ li̯et̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hē-lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexliat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹⁻²² liɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²⁻²¹ liɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ liɛt̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi⁶ liag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hĭ lia̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³⁵⁻¹¹ liak̚⁴/

Noun

系列

1. series

   帝國主義列強強加給中國一系列不平等條約。 [MSC, trad.]
   帝国主义列强强加给中国一系列不平等条约。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dìguózhǔyì lièqiáng qiángjiā gěi Zhōngguó yī xìliè bù píngděng tiáoyuē. [Pinyin]

   The imperialist powers forced a series of unequal treaties upon China.

Derived terms

• 系列劇／系列剧 (xìlièjù)
• 系列化 (xìlièhuà)
• 系列小說／系列小说 (xìliè xiǎoshuō)
• 系列片 (xìlièpiàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (系列):

• → Japanese: 系列(けいれつ) (keiretsu)
• → Korean: 계열(系列) (gyeyeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
系	列
けい Grade: 6	れつ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーれつ [kèérétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːɾe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

系(けい)列(れつ) • (keiretsu) 

1. a series, sequence
2. a keiretsu, a kind of corporate conglomerate particular to Japan

Derived terms

• 系列化(けいれつか) (keiretsuka): the formation of a keiretsu
• 系列会社(けいれつがいしゃ) (keiretsugaisha): a member company of a keiretsu

See also

• 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
系	列

Noun

系列 • (gyeyeol) (hangeul 계열)

1. Hanja form^? of 계열 (“series”).