叶韻

Chinese

			rhyme
trad. (叶韻)		叶	韻
simp. (叶韵)		叶	韵
alternative forms		協韻／协韵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiéyùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³ wan⁶ / hip³ wan⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiab⁸ un⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiéyùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siéyùn
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²-yün⁴
    • Yale: syé-yùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyeyunn
    • Palladius: сеюнь (sejunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ yn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hip³ wan⁶ / hip³ wan⁵
    • Yale: hip wahn / hip wáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸ wan⁶ / hip⁸ wan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hib³ wen⁶ / hib³ wen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³ wɐn²²/, /hiːp̚³ wɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiab⁸ un⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hia̍p ūⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiap̚⁴⁻² ũ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hep hjunH

Rime
Character	叶	韻
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	胡頰切	王問切
Baxter	hep	hjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦep̚/	/ɦɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦep̚/	/ɦiunH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛp̚/	/ɣiuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛp̚/	/ɦunH/
Li Rong	/ɣep̚/	/ɣiuənH/
Wang Li	/ɣiep̚/	/ɣĭuənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiep̚/	/i̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié	yùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip6	wan6

Verb

叶韻

1. (Chinese phonetics) to amend the pronunciation of a character in a rhyming couplet that is perceived as not rhyming (i.e. that which is the result of phonological change)

Synonyms

• 叶音 (xiéyīn)