鴨綠

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See also: 鸭绿

Chinese

		duck	green
trad. (鴨綠)		鴨	綠
simp. (鸭绿)		鸭	绿
alternative forms		鴨淥／鸭渌 obsolete

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yālù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ luk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yālù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yalù
  - Wade–Giles: Ya¹-lu⁴
  - Yale: Yā-lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ialuh
  - Palladius: Ялу (Jalu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aap³ luk⁶
  - Yale: aap luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ab³ lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ lʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ah-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ahlek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ liɪk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ liɪk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: 'aep ljowk

Rime
Character	鴨	綠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	烏甲切	力玉切
Baxter	'aep	ljowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠap̚/	/lɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚap̚/	/liok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨp̚/	/luawk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔap̚/	/liok̚/
Wang Li	/ap̚/	/lĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔap̚/	/li̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ya	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aap³	luk⁶

Proper noun

鴨綠

(～江) Yalu River, Amnok River (a river on the China-North Korea border)
- ^傘圓概似 ^松山秀，^鴨綠應同 ^珥水長。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《朝鮮正使前以扇贈故云》 ("The Korean Envoy Previously Gifted Me a Fan, so I Reply"), by Lê Quý Đôn to Hong Gye-hui, 1760
  Tản Viên khái tự Tùng Sơn tú, Áp Lục ưng đồng Nhị Thuỷ trường. [Sino-Vietnamese]
  The scenery of Tản Viên is majestic like your Song'ak, and the Yalu must be as long as our Red River.

Descendants

→ English: Yalu

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