蔥嶺

See also: 葱岭 and 葱嶺

Chinese

		scallion; green onion	mountain range
trad. (蔥嶺)		蔥	嶺
simp. (葱岭)		葱	岭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cōnglǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ leng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cōnglǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Conglǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻung¹-ling³
    • Yale: Tsūng-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsongliing
    • Palladius: Цунлин (Cunlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ leng⁵
    • Yale: chūng léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ leng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ léng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshuwng ljengX

Rime
Character	蔥	嶺
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	倉紅切	良郢切
Baxter	tshuwng	ljengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/liᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/liɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/liæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəwŋ/	/liajŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/liɛŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/lĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuŋ/	/li̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cōng	lǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung1	ling5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰloːŋ  reŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ʰˁoŋ/
English	onion
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	蔥	嶺
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1821	8279
Phonetic component	囱	令
Rime group	東	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	怱	領
Old Chinese	/*sʰloːŋ/	/*reŋʔ/

Proper noun

蔥嶺

1. (literary, historical) the Pamirs (a mountain range in Central Asia)

   • 從敦煌玉門關入西域，前有二道，今有三道。從玉門關西出，經婼羌轉西，越蔥嶺，經縣度，入大月氏，爲南道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     从敦煌玉门关入西域，前有二道，今有三道。从玉门关西出，经婼羌转西，越葱岭，经县度，入大月氏，为南道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yu Huan, Weilüe, 239 – 265 CE

     Cóng Dūnhuáng Yùménguān rù Xīyù, qián yǒu èrdào, jīn yǒu sāndào. Cóng Yùménguān xī chū, jīng Ruòqiāng zhuǎn xī, yuè Cōnglǐng, jīng Xiàndù, rù Dàyuèshì, wèi nándào. [Pinyin]

     To enter the Western Regions from Yumen Pass, Dunhuang, there were two ways in the past, there are three ways currently. Go west from Yumen Pass, through Ruoqiang to the west, pass over Congling [the Pamirs], through Xiandu [the Hindu Kush] and enter Greater Yuezhi; that is the southern way.

Synonyms

• 帕米爾高原／帕米尔高原 (Pàmǐ'ěr Gāoyuán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蔥嶺):

• → Japanese: 葱(そう)嶺(れい) (sōrei)