燎原

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Chinese

		singe	former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
trad. (燎原)		燎	原
simp. ^#(燎原)		燎	原

Etymology

From The Book of Documents:

若火之燎于原，不可嚮邇，其猶可撲滅？

若火之燎于原，不可向迩，其犹可扑灭？

From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

Ruò huǒ zhī liáo yú yuán, bùkě xiàng'ěr, qí yóu kě pūmiè?

When fire is burning the grassland, one (already) cannot stay near it, then how can one put it out?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáoyuán, liǎoyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ jyun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-goân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáoyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáoyuán
  - Wade–Giles: liao²-yüan²
  - Yale: lyáu-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauyuan
  - Palladius: ляоюань (ljaojuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    燎原
    遼源 / 辽源
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎoyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎoyuán
  - Wade–Giles: liao³-yüan²
  - Yale: lyǎu-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leauyuan
  - Palladius: ляоюань (ljaojuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ jyun⁴
  - Yale: lìuh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ jyːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    燎原
    遼源 / 辽源
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-goân
  - Tâi-lô: liâu-guân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau'goaan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² ɡuan¹³/

Verb

燎原

to set the prairie ablaze

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燎	原
りょう Jinmeiyō	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーげん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

燎(りょう)原(げん) • (ryōgen)

setting a field ablaze

Derived terms

燎原の火

Korean

Hanja in this term
燎	原

Noun

燎原 • (ryowon) (hangeul 료원)

hanja form^? of 료원 (“wildfire”)

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