慄慄

Chinese

		afraid; trembling	afraid; trembling
trad. (慄慄/栗栗*)		慄/栗	慄/栗
simp. (栗栗*)		栗	栗
alternative forms		栗慄 “fearful”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìlì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: lì-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihlih
    • Palladius: лили (lili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ leot⁶
    • Yale: leuht leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² lɵt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lit lit

Rime
Character	慄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力質切
Baxter	lit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lit̚/
Li Rong	/liĕt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*riɡ  riɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慄
Reading #	1/1
No.	7971
Phonetic component	栗
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	栗
Old Chinese	/*riɡ/

Adjective

慄慄

1. (literary) fearful; terrified; with dread
2. (literary) shivering; trembling; shuddering