嚴厲

See also: 严厉

Chinese

		(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe	severe
trad. (嚴厲)		嚴	厲
simp. (严厉)		严	厉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánlì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ lai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiàm-li
Eastern Min (BUC): ngièng-lâ̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): giâm-lē / giâm-lī

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngiam⁵ li⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánlì
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-li⁴
  - Yale: yán-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanlih
  - Palladius: яньли (janʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ lai⁶
  - Yale: yìhm laih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ lai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ lei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ lɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàm-li
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiam^ˇ li
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam² li⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am¹¹ li⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngièng-lâ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋieŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡɑ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-lē
  - Tâi-lô: giâm-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giamle
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² le⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam²³⁻³³ le³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam¹³⁻²² le²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiam²⁴⁻¹¹ le³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-lī
  - Tâi-lô: giâm-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giamli
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiam²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam²³⁻³³ li³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngiam⁵ li⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiâm lĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li³⁵/

Note: ngiam5 li6 - Shantou.

Adjective

嚴厲

strict; stern; severe

Synonyms

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厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
嚴 / 严 (yán)
嚴峻 / 严峻 (yánjùn)
嚴正 / 严正 (yánzhèng)
嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
尊重 (zūnzhòng)
整肅 / 整肃 (zhěngsù)
正經 / 正经
淩厲 / 凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
矜持 (jīnchí)
莊 / 庄 (zhuāng)
莊重 / 庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
鄭重 / 郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

Antonyms

柔和 (róuhé)
溫和／温和 (wēnhé)