尾閭

See also: 尾闾

Chinese

		tail	gate of a village; village
trad. (尾閭)		尾	閭
simp. (尾闾)		尾	闾

Etymology

The mythological hole is from Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěilǘ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ leoi⁴ / mei⁵ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěilǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěilyú
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-lü²
    • Yale: wěi-lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiliu
    • Palladius: вэйлюй (vɛjljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ leoi⁴ / mei⁵ leoi⁵
    • Yale: méih lèuih / méih léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ loey⁴ / mei⁵ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ lêu⁴ / méi⁵ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lɵy̯²¹/, /mei̯¹³ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

尾閭

1. lower reaches (of a river)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) the "tail gate", coccygeal and sacral areas
3. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

• 尾閭骨／尾闾骨 (wěilǘgǔ, “coccyx, tailbone”)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尾閭):

• → Japanese: 尾閭(びりょ) (biryo)
• → Korean: 미려(尾閭) (miryeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	閭
び Grade: S	りょ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From 莊子.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) び​りょ [bíꜜryò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bʲiɾʲo̞]

Noun

尾(び)閭(りょ) • (biryo) 

1. (Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

• 尾閭骨(びりょこつ) (biryokotsu, “coccyx, tailbone”)