戾天
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to reach | sky | ||
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trad. (戾天) | 戾 | 天 | |
simp. #(戾天) | 戾 | 天 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lìtian
- Wade–Giles: li4-tʻien1
- Yale: lì-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihtian
- Palladius: литянь (litjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: lejH|let then
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤe[t]-s l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːds|rɯːd qʰl'iːn/
Verb
[edit]戾天
- (Classical) to reach the sky
- 宛彼鳴鳩,翰飛戾天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wǎn bǐ míngjiū, hànfēi lìtiān. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
宛彼鸣鸠,翰飞戾天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]