要領

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See also: 要领

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive
trad. (要領)		要	領
simp. (要领)		要	领

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàolǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ ling⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-léng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàolǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàolǐng
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-ling³
  - Yale: yàu-lǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawliing
  - Palladius: яолин (jaolin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ ling⁵
  - Yale: yiu líhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ ling⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ ling⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ lɪŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-léng
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-líng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaoleang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ liɪŋ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: 'jiewH ljengX

Rime
Character	要	領
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於笑切	良郢切
Baxter	'jiewH	ljengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇu^H/	/liᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛu^H/	/liɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæu^H/	/liæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw^H/	/liajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛu^H/	/liɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu^H/	/lĭɛŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu^H/	/li̯ɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yào	lǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu³	ling⁵

Noun

要領

gist; main aspect; main point
knack; essentials

Synonyms

(gist): 要點／要点 (yàodiǎn)

Derived terms

不得要領／不得要领 (bùdéyàolǐng)

Pronunciation 2

		(archaic) waist	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive
trad. (要領)		要	領
simp. (要领)		要	领

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāolǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄌㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ ling⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāolǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaolǐng
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-ling³
  - Yale: yāu-lǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauliing
  - Palladius: яолин (jaolin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹ ling⁵
  - Yale: yīu líhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ ling⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ ling⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'jiew ljengX

Rime
Character	要	領
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於霄切	良郢切
Baxter	'jiew	ljengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇu/	/liᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛu/	/liɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjæu/	/liæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiaw/	/liajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔiɛu/	/liɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ĭɛu/	/lĭɛŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɛu/	/li̯ɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo	lǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu¹	ling⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qew reŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	要	領
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	14748	8280
Phonetic component	要	令
Rime group	宵	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	要	領
Old Chinese	/*qew/	/*reŋʔ/

Noun

要領

(literary) waist and neck
- 武也得歌於斯，哭於斯，聚國族於斯，是全要領以從先大夫於九京也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  武也得歌于斯，哭于斯，聚国族于斯，是全要领以从先大夫于九京也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wǔ yě dé gē yú sī, kū yú sī, jù guózú yú sī, shì quán yāolǐng yǐ cóng xiān dàfū yú jiǔjīng yě.
  If I, Zhao Wu, can have my songs here, and my wailings, and assemble here the representatives of the great families of the state, (it will be enough). I will then (only) seek to preserve my waist and neck to follow the late Great Officers of my family to the Nine Plains.
(literary) execution by slitting someone's waist or neck
(literary) important position or place

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	領
よう Grade: 4	りょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

要(よう)領(りょう) • (yōryō)

essentials, gist, point
the ropes, knack

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