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Chinese
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
phonetic
trad. (行李 )
行
李
simp. # (行李 )
行
李
Etymology
From 行理 (“messenger”).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
行
李
Reading #
2/3
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
xíng
lǐ
Middle Chinese
‹ hæng ›
‹ liX ›
Old Chinese
/*Cə.ˁraŋ/
/*C.rəʔ/
English
walk (v.)
plum
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
行
李
Reading #
3/4
1/1
No.
13867
17869
Phonetic component
行
子
Rime group
陽
之
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
行
里
Old Chinese
/*ɡraːŋ/
/*rɯʔ/
Noun
行李
belongings one carries for travelling ; luggage ; baggage (Classifier : 件 m c ; 奇 mn )
行李 托運 / 行李 托运 ― xínglǐ tuōyùn ― bag drop
行李 安檢 / 行李 安检 ― xínglǐ ānjiǎn ― luggage inspection
行李 寄存處 / 行李 寄存处 ― xínglǐ jìcúnchù ― luggage deposit
托運 行李 / 托运 行李 ― tuōyùn xínglǐ ― to check through luggage
行李 傳送帶 / 行李 传送带 ― xínglǐ chuánsòngdài ― baggage carousel
請 把 他 的 行李 拿 回家 。 [MSC , trad. ] 请 把 他 的 行李 拿 回家 。 [MSC , simp. ] Qǐng bǎ tā de xíngli ná huíjiā. Please take his luggage back home.
行李 讓 雨 給 淋濕 了 。 [MSC , trad. ] 行李 让 雨 给 淋湿 了 。 [MSC , simp. ] Xíngli ràng yǔ gěi lìnshī le. The luggage was soaked by rain.
( Classical ) herald ; messenger
Derived terms
Descendants
Others :
→ Uyghur: شىڭلى ( shingli )
See also
References
Duffus, William (1883 ) “baggage”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow , Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 16
Japanese
Etymology 1
行李 ・梱 ( kōri, kori ) : a wicker trunk .
/kauri/ → /kɔːri/ → /koːri/
From Old Japanese , in turn from Middle Chinese 行李 (MC haeng liX , “baggage , luggage ”). First cited in Japanese in a section of the 続日本紀 ( Shoku Nihongi ) dated to 706.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Counter
行( こう ) 李( り ) • (-kōri ) ←かうり ( -kauri ) ?
used to count items of luggage , cargo , or freight : box , bundle , item , bale , package
Usage notes
More commonly encountered with the shortened reading kori .[ 1] [ 2] [ 4]
Noun
行( こう ) 李( り ) • (kōri ) ←かうり ( kauri ) ?
a wicker trunk used as luggage , with a lid that slides down over the top, generally made of bamboo , willow , or wisteria
Synonym: 葛籠 ( tsuzura , more general term for any wicker basket or box )
a messenger , an envoy
Synonym: 使者 ( shisha )
luggage , baggage ( what one takes on a trip to contain one's possessions )
Synonym: 荷物 ( nimotsu )
a trip , a voyage ( by extension from the luggage sense )
Synonyms: 旅 ( tabi ) , 旅行 ( ryokō )
( historical ) in the former Japanese army, the unit tasked with transporting materiel and supplies : military logistics
Etymology 2
/kɔːri/ → /kori/
Analyzable as a shortening of the kōri reading. First cited in 1523.[ 5]
Pronunciation
Counter
行( こ ) 李( り ) • (-kori )
used to count items of luggage , cargo , or freight : box , bundle , item , bale , package
Noun
行( こ ) 李( り ) • (kori )
a bundle of one or more pieces of luggage secured with rope or cord
a wicker trunk used as luggage , with a lid that slides down over the top, generally made of bamboo , willow , or wisteria
Synonym: 葛籠 ( tsuzura , more general term for any wicker basket or box )
Etymology 3
Shift from earlier kōri reading to adopt the tō-on reading for the initial 行 character. May be either a later re-borrowing from Chinese , or influenced by later changes in Chinese pronunciation.
First attested in the 1230s.[ 6]
This reading is not included in various dictionaries[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] and may be obsolete .
Pronunciation
Noun
行( あん ) 李( り ) • (anri )
( Zen ) Alternative spelling of 行履 ( anri ) : daily life , what one does in a regular day
Synonyms: 行住坐臥 ( gyōjūzaga , Zen terminology , literally “ going, staying, sitting, lying down ” ) , 日常生活 ( nichijō seikatsu , general terminology , literally “ daily lifestyle ” )
( archaic , possibly obsolete ) luggage , baggage ( what one takes on a trip to contain one's possessions )
Synonym: 荷物 ( nimotsu )
( archaic , possibly obsolete ) a messenger , an envoy
Synonym: 使者 ( shisha )
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 “行李・梱 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ “梱・行李 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
^ “行李 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
Vietnamese
Noun
行李
chữ Hán form of hành lí ( “ luggage ; baggage ” ) .