陵夷

Chinese

		mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
trad. (陵夷)		陵	夷
simp. #(陵夷)		陵	夷
alternative forms		淩夷／凌夷
anagram		夷陵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língyí
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-i²
    • Yale: líng-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyi
    • Palladius: линъи (linʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ i³⁵/

Verb

陵夷

1. (literary) to change from prosperity to failure; to deteriorate; to decline; to slump

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陵	夷
りょう Grade: S	い Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

陵(りょう)夷(い) • (ryōi) 

1. (literary) hills and plains
2. (literary) the gradual flattening out of the hills
3. (literary) the gradual decline of things

Verb

陵(りょう)夷(い)する • (ryōi suru) suru (stem 陵(りょう)夷(い)し (ryōi shi), past 陵(りょう)夷(い)した (ryōi shita))

1. (literary) to lower and flatten
2. (literary) to decline