爾雅

Chinese

		thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou	elegant
trad. (爾雅)		爾	雅
simp. (尔雅)		尔	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ěryǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ ngaa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ní-ngá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ěryǎ [Phonetic: éryǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ěryǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Êrh³-ya³
    • Yale: Ěr-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Eelyea
    • Palladius: Эря (Erja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: yíh ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ ŋaː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ní-ngá
    • Tâi-lô: Ní-ngá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nyngar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyeX ngaeX

Rime
Character	爾	雅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	兒氏切	五下切
Baxter	nyeX	ngaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇX/	/ŋˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛX/	/ŋᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɛX/	/ŋaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiə̆X/	/ŋaɨX/
Li Rong	/ȵieX/	/ŋaX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑǐeX/	/ŋaX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑie̯X/	/ŋaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ěr	yǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5	ngaa5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə][r]ʔ  N-ɢˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njelʔ  ŋraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	爾	爾	雅
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ěr	ěr	yǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ nyeX ›	‹ nyeX ›	‹ ngæX ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə][r]ʔ/	/*n[ə][r]ʔ/	/*N-ɢˁraʔ/
English	(adv. suffix)	you(r)	proper, refined
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爾	雅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2817	14182
Phonetic component	爾	牙
Rime group	歌	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	爾	雅
Old Chinese	/*njelʔ/	/*ŋraːʔ/
Notes	說文尒聲，甲金文象檷初文， 取林義光說

Proper noun

爾雅

1. Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)

Adjective

爾雅

1. (literary) standard; correct
2. (literary) upright; righteous
3. (literary) elegant; gentle; refined; cultured

Derived terms

• 溫文爾雅 / 温文尔雅 (wēnwén'ěryǎ)
• 爾雅溫文 / 尔雅温文
• 雍容爾雅
• 風流爾雅 / 风流尔雅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
爾	雅
じ Jinmeiyō	が Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡa̠]

Proper noun

爾(じ)雅(が) • (Jiga) 

1. Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)

Korean

Hanja in this term
爾	雅

Proper noun

爾雅 • (Ia) (hangeul 이아)

1. hanja form^? of 이아 (“Erya”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
爾	雅

Proper noun

爾雅

1. chữ Hán form of Nhĩ Nhã (“Erya”).