料峭

Chinese

		material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	steep hill
trad. (料峭)		料	峭
simp. #(料峭)		料	峭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàoqiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁶ ciu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liāu-chhiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàoqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàociào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴-chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu-chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liawchiaw
    • Palladius: ляоцяо (ljaocjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁶ ciu³
    • Yale: liuh chiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁶ tsiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁶ qiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²² t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu-chhiàu
    • Tâi-lô: liāu-tshiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liauxchiaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiau²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lewH tshjewH

Rime
Character	料	峭
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	力弔切	七肖切
Baxter	lewH	tshjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leuH/	/t͡sʰiᴇuH/
Pan Wuyun	/leuH/	/t͡sʰiɛuH/
Shao Rongfen	/leuH/	/t͡sʰjæuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛwH/	/t͡sʰiawH/
Li Rong	/leuH/	/t͡sʰiɛuH/
Wang Li	/lieuH/	/t͡sʰĭɛuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieuH/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liào	qiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu6	ciu3

Adjective

料峭

1. (literary) chilly; (of a wind) shrill

   • 料峭春風吹酒醒，微冷，山頭斜照却相迎 [Ci, trad.]
     料峭春风吹酒醒，微冷，山头斜照却相迎 [Ci, simp.]

     From: 1082, Su Shi, “Calming the Waves”

     liàoqiào chūnfēng chuī jiǔ xǐng, wēi lěng, shāntóu xié zhào què xiàng yíng [Pinyin]

     Drunken, I'm sobered by vernal wind shrill / and rather chill. / In front I see the slanting sun atop the hill. (translation by Xu Yuanchong)

Synonyms

• 凜冽／凛冽 (lǐnliè)