霹靂

See also: 霹雳

Chinese

Etymology 1

		of thunder, to strike
trad. (霹靂)		霹	靂
simp. (霹雳)		霹	雳
2nd round simp.		辟历
alternative forms		辟歷 obsolete 辟历 obsolete 礔礰 obsolete 礕礰 obsolete 劈歷／劈历 obsolete

Onomatopoeic.

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ lik¹
• Min Dong (BUC): pék-lĭk
• Min Nan (POJ): phek-le̍k / phiak-lia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pilì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-li⁴
    • Yale: pī-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pilih
    • Palladius: пили (pili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 劈歷／劈历 披瀝／披沥 霹靂／霹雳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ lik¹
    • Yale: pīk līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pék-lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃iʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phik-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheklek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phiak-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiakliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰek̚  lek̚/

Rime
Character	霹	靂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (127)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	普擊切	郎擊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰek̚/	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰek̚/	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɛk̚/	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰɛjk̚/	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰek̚/	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/pʰiek̚/	/liek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiek̚/	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pi	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pik1	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰeːɡ  reːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霹	靂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	692	7983
Phonetic component	辟	秝
Rime group	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	霹	靂
Old Chinese	/*pʰeːɡ/	/*reːɡ/
Notes	古作闢歴	闢歴後起字

Noun

霹靂

1. thunderbolt; thunderclap

Synonyms

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• 暴雷 (bàoléi)
• 落雷 (luòléi)

• 迅雷 (xùnléi)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 霹靂

• 大霹靂／大霹雳 (Dàpīlì)
• 平地上起一個霹靂／平地上起一个霹雳
• 晴天霹靂／晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì)
• 焦霹靂／焦霹雳
• 躲了雷公，遇了霹靂／躲了雷公，遇了霹雳
• 霹靂之聲／霹雳之声
• 霹靂可卡因／霹雳可卡因 (pīlì kěkǎyīn)
• 霹靂小組／霹雳小组
• 霹靂尖／霹雳尖
• 霹靂引／霹雳引
• 霹靂弦／霹雳弦

• 霹靂戰／霹雳战
• 霹靂手／霹雳手
• 霹靂火／霹雳火
• 霹靂炮／霹雳炮
• 霹靂碟／霹雳碟 (pīlìdié)
• 霹靂舞／霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ)
• 霹靂行動／霹雳行动
• 霹靂袋／霹雳袋
• 霹靂說／霹雳说
• 霹靂車／霹雳车
• 青天霹靂／青天霹雳

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霹靂):

• → Japanese: 霹靂(へきれき) (hekireki)
• → Korean: 벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok)

Etymology 2

		of thunder, to strike
trad. (霹靂)		霹	靂
simp. (霹雳)		霹	雳
2nd round simp.		辟历
alternative forms		吡叻

Phono-semantic matching of Malay Perak.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹ lik¹
• Min Dong (BUC): pék-lĭk
• Min Nan (POJ): phek-le̍k / phiak-lia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pilì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-li⁴
    • Yale: pī-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pilih
    • Palladius: пили (pili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 劈歷／劈历 披瀝／披沥 霹靂／霹雳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pik¹ lik¹
    • Yale: pīk līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷ lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pig¹ lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵ lɪk̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pék-lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃iʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phik-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheklek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: phiak-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiakliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liak̚²⁴/

Proper noun

霹靂

1. (～州) Perak (a state of Malaysia)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
霹	靂
へき Hyōgaiji	れき Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) へきれき [hèkírékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞kʲiɾe̞kʲi]

Noun

霹(へき)靂(れき) • (hekireki) 

1. thunderbolt, thunderclap

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Korean

Hanja in this term
霹	靂

Noun

霹靂 • (byeongnyeok) (hangeul 벽력)

1. Hanja form^? of 벽력 (“thunderbolt, thunderclap”).