雲梯

See also: 云梯

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	ladder
trad. (雲梯)		雲	梯
simp. (云梯)		云	梯
Literally: “cloud ladder”.

Etymology

Alluding to the length of the ladder.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúntī

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ tai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hûn-thui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung⁵ tui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúntī
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúnti
    • Wade–Giles: yün²-tʻi¹
    • Yale: yún-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunti
    • Palladius: юньти (junʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ tai¹
    • Yale: wàhn tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-thui
    • Tâi-lô: hûn-thui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huntuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung⁵ tui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûng thui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰui³³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjun thej

Rime
Character	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	王分切	土雞切
Baxter	hjun	thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/	/tʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/	/tʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/	/tʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/	/tʰɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/	/tʰei/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/	/tʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uən/	/tʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún	tī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4	tai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]  l̥ˤ[ə]j/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun  tʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	tī
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›	‹ thej ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/	/*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English	cloud	stairs
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	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16358	2279
Phonetic component	云	弟
Rime group	文	脂
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	雲	梯
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/	/*tʰiːl/

Noun

雲梯

1. aerial ladder
2. scaling ladder

   • 雖然，公輸盤為我為雲梯，必取宋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽然，公输盘为我为云梯，必取宋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Suī rán, Gōngshū Bān wèi wǒ wéi yúntī, bì qǔ Sòng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 登雲梯／登云梯
• 雲梯車／云梯车

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雲梯):

• → Japanese: 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	梯
うん Grade: 2	てい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

雲(うん)梯(てい) • (untei) 

1. scaling ladder
2. overhead ladder, horizontal ladder
3. monkey bars (playground equipment)