高涼

Chinese

		high; tall	cool; cold
trad. (高涼)		高	涼
simp. (高凉)		高	凉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāoliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāoliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaoliáng
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-liang²
    • Yale: Gāu-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauliang
    • Palladius: Гаолян (Gaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kaw ljang|ljangH

Rime
Character	高	涼	涼
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	古勞切	呂章切	力讓切
Baxter	kaw	ljang	ljangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑu/	/lɨɐŋ/	/lɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑu/	/liɐŋ/	/liɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑu/	/liɑŋ/	/liɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaw/	/lɨaŋ/	/lɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/kɑu/	/liaŋ/	/liaŋH/
Wang Li	/kɑu/	/lĭaŋ/	/lĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑu/	/li̯aŋ/	/li̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāo	liáng	liàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gou1	loeng4	loeng6

Proper noun

高涼

1. (historical) (～縣) Gaoliang (an ancient county established in 111 BCE, located in modern Yangjiang, Guangdong)
2. (historical) (～郡) Gaoliang (an ancient commandery established in 220 CE, located in modern western Guangdong)