Chinese edit

surname; encroach; soar severe
trad. (淩厲/凌厲) /
simp. (凌厉)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (133) (35)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ling ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨŋ/ /liᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɨŋ/ /liɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lieŋ/ /ljæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liŋ/ /liajH/
Li
Rong
/liəŋ/ /liɛiH/
Wang
Li
/lĭəŋ/ /lĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯əŋ/ /li̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 lai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljejH › ‹ ljejH › ‹ ljejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]at-s/ /*[r]at-s/ /*[r]at-s/
English cruel grindstone epidemic

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 1/1
No. 8249 12621
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯŋ/ /*m·rads/

Adjective edit

淩厲

  1. swift and fierce
  2. (literary) strict; stern; severe
  3. (literary, of a blade) sharp; sharp-edged; keen

Synonyms edit

  • (swift and fierce): 迅猛 (xùnměng)
  • (strict):
  • (sharp):

Verb edit

淩厲

  1. (Classical) to soar

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit