鴨綠

See also: 鸭绿

Chinese

		duck	green
trad. (鴨綠)		鴨	綠
simp. (鸭绿)		鸭	绿
alternative forms		鴨淥／鸭渌 obsolete

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yālù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ luk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-le̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yālù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yalù
    • Wade–Giles: Ya¹-lu⁴
    • Yale: Yā-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ialuh
    • Palladius: Ялу (Jalu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aap³ luk⁶
    • Yale: aap luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ab³ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ lʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ah-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahlek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ liɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aep ljowk

Rime
Character	鴨	綠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	銜 (150)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	烏甲切	力玉切
Baxter	'aep	ljowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/lɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/liok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/luawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/lĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/li̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aap3	luk6

Proper noun

鴨綠

1. (～江) Yalu River, Amnok River (a river on the China-North Korea border)

   • ^傘圓概似^松山秀，^鴨綠應同^珥水長。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮正使前以扇贈故云》 ("The Korean Envoy Previously Gifted Me a Fan, so I Reply"), by Lê Quý Đôn to Hong Gye-hui, 1760

     Tản Viên khái tự Tùng Sơn tú, Áp Lục ưng đồng Nhị Thuỷ trường. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     The scenery of Tản Viên is majestic like your Song'ak, and the Yalu must be as long as our Red River.

Descendants

• → English: Yalu