丘陵

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Chinese

		mound; hill; Confucius mound; hill; Confucius; given name	mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain
trad. (丘陵)		丘	陵
simp. ^#(丘陵)		丘	陵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiūlíng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ ling⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiu-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiūlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cioulíng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-ling²
  - Yale: chyōu-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouling
  - Palladius: цюлин (cjulin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau¹ ling⁴
  - Yale: yāu lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    丘陵
    幽靈／幽灵
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiu-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: khiu-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiuleeng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: khjuw ling

Rime
Character	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去鳩切	力膺切
Baxter	khjuw	ling
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨu/	/lɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiu/	/lɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəu/	/lieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuw/	/liŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰiu/	/liəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəu/	/lĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/	/li̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau¹	ling⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷʰə əŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ rɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiū	líng
Middle Chinese	‹ khjuw ›	‹ ling ›
Old Chinese	/*ʷʰə/	/*əŋ/
English	hill, mound	mound, hill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10523	8246
Phonetic component	丘	夌
Rime group	之	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	丘	陵
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷɯ/	/*rɯŋ/

Noun

丘陵

continuous stretch of hills
丘陵起伏 ― qiūlíng qǐfú ― a chain of undulating hills

丘陵地帶／丘陵地带 ― qiūlíng dìdài ― hilly land

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (丘陵):

→ Japanese: 丘陵(きゅうりょう) (kyūryō)
→ Korean: 구릉(丘陵) (gureung)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丘	陵
きゅう Grade: S	りょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうりょー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

丘(きゅう)陵(りょう) • (kyūryō) ^{←きうりよう (kiuryou)^?}

hill

Synonyms

丘(おか) (oka)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
丘	陵

Noun

丘陵 • (gureung) (hangeul 구릉)

Hanja form^? of 구릉 (“hill”).

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