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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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厲
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厲
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厲
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
lì
|
lì
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lì
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ljejH ›
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‹ ljejH ›
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‹ ljejH ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*at-s/
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/*at-s/
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/*at-s/
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| English
|
cruel
|
grindstone
|
epidemic
|
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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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淩
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厲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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8249
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12621
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Phonetic
component
|
夌
|
萬
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Rime
group
|
蒸
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祭
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Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
陵
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例
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*rɯŋ/
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/*m·rads/
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Adjective
淩厲
- swift and fierce
- (literary) strict; stern; severe
- (literary, of a blade) sharp; sharp-edged; keen
Synonyms
- (swift and fierce): 迅猛 (xùnměng)
- (strict):
- 尖利 (jiānlì)
- 尖而鋒利 / 尖而锋利 (jiān ér fēnglì)
- 尖銳 / 尖锐 (jiānruì)
- 犀利 (xīlì)
- 鋩 / 铓 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 鋒利 / 锋利 (fēnglì)
- 銳利 / 锐利 (ruìlì)
- 飛快 / 飞快 (fēikuài) (extremely sharp)
Verb
淩厲
- (Classical) to soar
Synonyms
- 高飛／高飞 (gāofēi)
- (Classical Chinese) 翰飛／翰飞 (hànfēi)
Derived terms