斂跡

Chinese

		arrange; control oneself; gather	footprint; mark; trace footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
trad. (斂跡)		斂	跡
simp. (敛迹)		敛	迹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎnjì, liànjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁵ zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎnjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnjì
    • Wade–Giles: lien³-chi⁴
    • Yale: lyǎn-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanjih
    • Palladius: ляньцзи (ljanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liànjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liànji
    • Wade–Giles: lien⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: lyàn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liannji
    • Palladius: ляньцзи (ljanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁵ zik¹
    • Yale: líhm jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁵ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁵ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm¹³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljemX|ljemH tsjek

Rime
Character	斂	斂	跡
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	良冉切	力驗切	資昔切
Baxter	ljemX	ljemH	tsjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇmX/	/liᴇmH/	/t͡siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛmX/	/liɛmH/	/t͡siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæmX/	/ljæmH/	/t͡siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liamX/	/liamH/	/t͡siajk̚/
Li Rong	/liɛmX/	/liɛmH/	/t͡siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛmX/	/lĭɛmH/	/t͡sĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛmX/	/li̯ɛmH/	/t͡si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liǎn	liàn	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim5	lim6	zik1

Verb

斂跡

1. (literary) to cover one's tracks; to go into hiding; to dare not appear in public

   • 警備隊、警察、差役，一概斂跡，不敢下鄉敲詐。 [MSC, trad.]
     警备队、警察、差役，一概敛迹，不敢下乡敲诈。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jǐngbèiduì, jǐngchá, chāiyì, yīgài liǎnjì, bùgǎn xiàxiāng qiāozhà. [Pinyin]

     The armed guards, the police and the bailiffs all keep out of the way and dare not go near the villages to practice their extortions.

2. (literary) to live in seclusion
3. (literary) to refrain; to restrain oneself