縲絏

Chinese

		bind; bond	leash; rein
trad. (縲絏/縲紲)		縲	絏/紲
simp. (缧绁)		缧	绁
alternative forms		纍紲／累绁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léixiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ sit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-siat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léisiè
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: léi-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leishieh
    • Palladius: лэйсе (lɛjse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 縲絏／缧绁 纍紲／累绁

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ sit³
    • Yale: lèuih sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ siːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 縲絏／缧绁 纍紲／累绁

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-siat
    • Tâi-lô: luî-siat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luisiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ siɛt̚³²/

Noun

縲絏

1. (literary, historical) thick rope for trussing up prisoners
2. (literary, figurative) prison; jail
3. (literary, figurative) imprisonment; captivity

Derived terms

• 縲絏之苦／缧绁之苦
• 身陷縲絏／身陷缧绁
• 陷於縲絏／陷于缧绁