踉蹌

Chinese

		stagger; sway from side to side; jump	stagger; sway from side to side; walk rapidly
trad. (踉蹌)		踉	蹌
simp. (踉跄)		踉	跄
alternative forms		踉蹡／踉𬧀

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication? Possibly derived from 踉蹡?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàngqiàng, liàngqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˋ, ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶ coeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàngqiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàngciàng
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-chʻiang⁴
    • Yale: lyàng-chyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqchianq
    • Palladius: лянцян (ljancjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàngqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàngciang
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: lyàng-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqchiang
    • Palladius: лянцян (ljancjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁶ coeng³
    • Yale: leuhng cheung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶ tsoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶ cêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²² t͡sʰœːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljang|ljangH tshjang

Rime
Character	踉	踉	蹌
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	呂章切	力讓切	七羊切
Baxter	ljang	ljangH	tshjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/lɨɐŋH/	/t͡sʰɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/liɐŋH/	/t͡sʰiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/liɑŋH/	/t͡sʰiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/lɨaŋH/	/t͡sʰɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/liaŋH/	/t͡sʰiaŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/lĭaŋH/	/t͡sʰĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/li̯aŋH/	/t͡sʰi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	liàng	qiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng4	loeng6	coeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ|raŋs  sʰaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踉	踉	蹌
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1
No.	8049	8050	1134
Phonetic component	良	良	倉
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		亮	鏘
Old Chinese	/*raŋ/	/*raŋs/	/*sʰaŋ/

Verb

踉蹌

1. to totter; to stagger

Derived terms

• 踉踉蹌蹌／踉踉跄跄