麗質

See also: 丽质

Chinese

FWOTD – 5 October 2017

		beautiful; Korea	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (麗質)		麗	質
simp. (丽质)		丽	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìzhì, lìzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄓˋ, ㄌㄧˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ zat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: lì-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjyh
    • Palladius: личжи (ličži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chih²
    • Yale: lì-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjyr
    • Palladius: личжи (ličži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ zat¹
    • Yale: laih jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² t͡sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

麗質

1. lovely comportment (of a woman); pleasant disposition

   • 天生麗質難自棄 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天生丽质难自弃 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806: 白居易 (Bai Juyi), 長恨歌 ("Song of Everlasting Regret")

     Tiānshēng lìzhì nán zìqì [Pinyin]

     Her natural beauty and lovely comportment were difficult to ignore

Derived terms

• 天生麗質／天生丽质 (tiānshēnglìzhì)
• 麗質天生／丽质天生