嶺外

Chinese

		mountain range	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (嶺外)		嶺	外
simp. (岭外)		岭	外

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐngwài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐngwài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐngwài
    • Wade–Giles: Ling³-wai⁴
    • Yale: Lǐng-wài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liingway
    • Palladius: Линвай (Linvaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ waɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

嶺外

1. (literary) Lingnan (the area of China south of the Nanling Mountains)

   • 黃王不分，江南之音也，嶺外尤甚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     黄王不分，江南之音也，岭外尤甚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 12th century, 朱翌, 猗覺寮雜記

     Huáng wáng bù fēn, Jiāngnán zhī yīn yě, Lǐngwài yóushèn. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 嶺南／岭南 (Lǐngnán)
• 嶺表／岭表 (Lǐngbiǎo)