梨園

See also: 梨园

Chinese

		pear	garden
trad. (梨園)		梨	園
simp. (梨园)		梨	园

Etymology

Pear Garden was the name of the first known royal acting and musical academy in China. Later on, it came to refer to opera troupes in general.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ jyun^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líyuán
    • Wade–Giles: li²-yüan²
    • Yale: lí-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liyuan
    • Palladius: лиюань (lijuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: lèih yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

梨園

1. (archaic) Pear Garden
2. (～街道) Liyuan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Noun

梨園

1. (archaic or literary) Chinese opera troupe