篳篥

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See also: 觱篥 and 筚篥

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (篳篥)		篳	篥
simp. (筚篥)		筚	篥
alternative forms		觱篥觱栗𥷑篥箄篥悲栗觱篥觱栗𥷑篥箄篥悲栗悲篥悲慄／悲栗

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篳篥

Etymology

Borrowed from a language in the Western Regions. Compare Khotanese *pīlī (“pipe?”) (as in pīlīrūvī (“clyster-pipe”)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìlì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leot⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìlì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: bì-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlih
  - Palladius: били (bili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    壁立
    篳篥 / 筚篥
    薜荔
    觱栗
    觱篥
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bat¹ leot⁶
  - Yale: bāt leuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loet⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵt̚²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    篳篥 / 筚篥
    觱栗
    觱篥

Middle Chinese: pjit lit

Rime
Character	篳	篥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	卑吉切	力質切
Baxter	pjit	lit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪt̚/	/liɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pit̚/	/lit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pjet̚/	/ljet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pit̚/	/lit̚/
Li Rong	/piĕt̚/	/liĕt̚/
Wang Li	/pĭĕt̚/	/lĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕt̚/	/li̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bi	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bat¹	lat⁶

Noun

篳篥

(music) bili (a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the court and ritual music of China since ancient times)
- 南山截竹爲觱篥，此樂本自龜茲出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  南山截竹为觱篥，此乐本自龟兹出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. mid-8th century, Li Qi,《聽安萬善吹觱篥歌》, translated by Sun Dayu
  Nánshān jié zhú wéi bìlì, cǐ yuè běn zì Qiūcí chū.
  Cutting bamboo from the South Mount, a bi-li pipe is made by;
  Qiuci the Hu state is where its bizarre music cometh from.

Descendants

→ Korean: 피리 (piri, “reed wind instrument”)

Japanese

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篳篥

Kanji in this term
篳	篥
ひち Hyōgai	りき Hyōgai
on'yomi

篳篥 (hichiriki)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひちりき (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) ひちりき (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

篳(ひち)篥(りき) • (hichiriki)

a cylindrical double reed wind instrument used in the gagaku music of Japan

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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