閭閻
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]gate of a village; village | gate of village | ||
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trad. (閭閻) | 閭 | 閻 | |
simp. (闾阎) | 闾 | 阎 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lyúyán
- Wade–Giles: lü2-yen2
- Yale: lyú-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuyan
- Palladius: люйянь (ljujjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ly³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: leoi4 jim4
- Yale: lèuih yìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey4 jim4
- Guangdong Romanization: lêu4 yim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵy̯²¹ jiːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: ljo yem
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ra lom/
Noun
[edit]閭閻
- (literary) gates on the inside and outside of a lane; (by extension) lane; alley
- (literary) among the people; common folk; ordinary people