鴨綠水

Chinese

		Yalu River	water; river
trad. (鴨綠水)		鴨綠	水
simp. (鸭绿水)		鸭绿	水
alternative forms		鴨淥水／鸭渌水

Etymology

According to Tongdian [801], the river 馬訾水／马訾水 was colloquially known as 鴨綠水／鸭绿水 (Yālùshuǐ) because its waters were green in colour like the head of a mallard.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yālùshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yālùshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yalùshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Ya¹-lu⁴-shui³
    • Yale: Yā-lù-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ialuhshoei
    • Palladius: Ялушуй (Jalušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aep ljowk sywijX

Rime
Character	鴨	綠	水
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)	燭 (8)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	III	III
Fanqie	烏甲切	力玉切	式軌切
Baxter	'aep	ljowk	sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/lɨok̚/	/ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/liok̚/	/ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/	/ɕiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/luawk̚/	/ɕjwiX/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/	/ɕjuiX/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/lĭwok̚/	/ɕwiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/li̯wok̚/	/ɕwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	lù	shuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aap3	luk6	seoi2

Proper noun

鴨綠水

1. (historical, obsolete) Yalu River, Amnok River (a river on the China-North Korea border)

Synonyms

• 鴨綠江／鸭绿江 (Yālù Jiāng)