雲梯

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See also: 云梯

Chinese

		cloud; Yunnan (abbrev.); surname	ladder
trad. (雲梯)		雲	梯
simp. (云梯)		云	梯
Literally: “cloud ladder”.

Etymology

Alluding to the length of the ladder.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúntī

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ tai¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hûn-thui

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung⁵ tui¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúntī
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúnti
  - Wade–Giles: yün²-tʻi¹
  - Yale: yún-tī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunti
  - Palladius: юньти (junʹti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴ tai¹
  - Yale: wàhn tāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ tai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ tei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-thui
  - Tâi-lô: hûn-thui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huntuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung⁵ tui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûng thui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰui³³/

Middle Chinese: hjun thej

Rime
Character	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	王分切	土雞切
Baxter	hjun	thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/	/tʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/	/tʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/	/tʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/	/tʰɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/	/tʰei/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/	/tʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯uən/	/tʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún	tī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan⁴	tai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʷə l̥ˤj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢun tʰiːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún	tī
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›	‹ thej ›
Old Chinese	/*ʷə/	/*l̥ˁj/
English	cloud	stairs
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	雲	梯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	16358	2279
Phonetic component	云	弟
Rime group	文	脂
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	雲	梯
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/	/*tʰiːl/

Noun

雲梯

aerial ladder
scaling ladder
- 雖然，公輸盤為我為雲梯，必取宋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  虽然，公输盘为我为云梯，必取宋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Suī rán, Gōngshū Bān wèi wǒ wéi yúntī, bì qǔ Sòng.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

登雲梯 / 登云梯
雲梯車 / 云梯车

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雲梯):

→ Japanese: 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雲	梯
うん Grade: 2	てい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

雲(うん)梯(てい) • (untei)

scaling ladder
overhead ladder, horizontal ladder
monkey bars (playground equipment)

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