寥廓

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	big; empty; open
trad. (寥廓)		寥	廓
simp. #(寥廓)		寥	廓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáokuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ kwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-khok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáokuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáokuò
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaukuoh
    • Palladius: ляоко (ljaoko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ kwok³
    • Yale: lìuh kwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ kwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ kuog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ kʷʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-khok
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-khok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau'qog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² kʰɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: lew|lek khwak

Rime
Character	寥	寥	廓
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	錫 (127)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV	I
Fanqie	落蕭切	郎擊切	苦郭切
Baxter	lew	lek	khwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/lek̚/	/kʰwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/lek̚/	/kʰʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/lɛk̚/	/kʰuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛjk̚/	/kʰwak̚/
Li Rong	/leu/	/lek̚/	/kʰuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/liek̚/	/kʰuɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/liek̚/	/kʰwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	lì	kuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	lik6	fok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw|rɯːwɢ  kʰʷaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寥	寥	廓
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	8366	8370	4758
Phonetic component	翏	翏	郭
Rime group	幽	覺	鐸
Rime subdivision	2	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	聊	靂	廓
Old Chinese	/*rɯːw/	/*rɯːwɢ/	/*kʰʷaːɡ/
Notes	見老子說文作廫

Adjective

寥廓

1. (formal) boundless; vast

Synonyms

• (literary) 牢牢 (láoláo)