賁臨

Chinese

		bright; energetic	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
trad. (賁臨)		賁	臨
simp. (贲临)		贲	临

Etymology

皎皎白駒，賁然來思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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皎皎白驹，贲然来思。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jiǎojiǎo báijū, bēnrán lái sī. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlín
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-lin²
    • Yale: bì-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlin
    • Palladius: билинь (bilinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³ lam⁴
    • Yale: bei làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ lɐm²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjeH lim

Rime
Character	賁	臨
Reading #	4/4	1/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	彼義切	力尋切
Baxter	pjeH	lim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇH/	/liɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛH/	/lim/
Shao Rongfen	/piɛH/	/ljem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiə̆H/	/lim/
Li Rong	/pjeH/	/liəm/
Wang Li	/pǐeH/	/lĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pie̯H/	/li̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3	lam4

Verb

賁臨

1. (of a distinguished guest)​ honor (my house, firm, etc.) with your presence