良知

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Chinese

good; very; very much to know; to be aware
simp. and trad.
(良知)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (9)
Final () (105) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ljang trje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨɐŋ/ /ʈiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɐŋ/ /ʈiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/liɑŋ/ /ȶjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɨaŋ/ /ʈiə̆/
Li
Rong
/liaŋ/ /ȶie/
Wang
Li
/lĭaŋ/ /ȶǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯aŋ/ /ȶie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáng zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
loeng4 zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liáng zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljang › ‹ trje ›
Old
Chinese
/*aŋ/ /*tre/
English good know

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8046 11495
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raŋ/ /*ʔl'e/
Notes

Noun

良知

  1. innate sense of right and wrong; innate knowledge; conscience
    喚醒人們良知唤醒人们良知  ―  huànxǐng rénmen de liángzhī  ―  to awaken the conscience of people
  2. (literary) bosom friend

Synonyms

  • (conscience):
  • (bosom friend):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (良知):