清廉

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See also: 淸廉

Chinese

clear; distinct; complete
clear; distinct; complete; pure
 
uncorrupt; inexpensive
trad. (清廉)
simp. #(清廉)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (37)
Final () (121) (153)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tshjeng ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiᴇŋ/ /liᴇm/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰiɛŋ/ /liɛm/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰiæŋ/ /ljæm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰiajŋ/ /liam/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiɛŋ/ /liɛm/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭɛŋ/ /lĭɛm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋ/ /li̯ɛm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qīng lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing1 lim4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qīng lián
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshjeng › ‹ ljem ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsʰeŋ/ /*(k-)rem/
English clear (adj.) frugal

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. 11338 6042
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleŋ/ /*ɡ·rem/

Adjective

清廉

  1. upright and honest

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (清廉):
  • Japanese: 清廉(せいれん) (seiren)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 4
れん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
淸廉 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(せい)(れん) (seiren-na (adnominal (せい)(れん) (seiren na), adverbial (せい)(れん) (seiren ni))

  1. upright, honest

Inflection

Noun

(せい)(れん) (seiren

  1. honesty, integrity

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN