九黎

Chinese

		nine	surname; black; Lebanon (abbrev.)
trad. (九黎)		九	黎
simp. #(九黎)		九	黎

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǔlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² lai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǒulí
    • Wade–Giles: Chiu³-li²
    • Yale: Jyǒu-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeouli
    • Palladius: Цзюли (Czjuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² lai⁴
    • Yale: gáu làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lɐi̯²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]uʔ  [r]ˤij|[r]ˤij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuʔ  riːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	九	黎	黎
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǔ	lí	lí
Middle Chinese	‹ kjuwX ›	‹ lej ›	‹ lej ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]uʔ/	/*[r]ˁij/ (Cf. 耆 0552l ɡij < *[ɡ]rij ‘old’)	/*[r]ˁij/
English	nine	old	black
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	九	黎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6941	7880
Phonetic component	九	利
Rime group	幽	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	久	黎
Old Chinese	/*kuʔ/	/*riːl/

Proper noun

九黎

1. Nine Li (name of an ancient tribe in China)

See also

• 三苗 (Sānmiáo)