轔轔

Chinese

		rumbling of wheels	rumbling of wheels
trad. (轔轔)		轔	轔
simp. (辚辚)		辚	辚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ leon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línlín
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-lin²
    • Yale: lín-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linlin
    • Palladius: линьлинь (linʹlinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ lin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ leon⁴
    • Yale: lèuhn lèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ loen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ lên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ lɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lin|linH lin|linH

Rime
Character	轔	轔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力珍切	良刃切
Baxter	lin	linH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/	/liɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/	/linH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/	/ljenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/	/linH/
Li Rong	/liĕn/	/liĕnH/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/	/lĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/	/li̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4	lan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin|rins  rin|rins/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	轔	轔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8196	8219
Phonetic component	粦	粦
Rime group	眞	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠	遴
Old Chinese	/*rin/	/*rins/
Notes		同轥

Noun

轔轔

1. (Classical) sound of rumbling of wheels

   • 車轔轔，馬蕭蕭，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     车辚辚，马萧萧，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen

     Chē línlín, mǎ xiāoxiāo, xíngrén gōngjiàn gè zài yāo. [Pinyin]

     Wagons rattling,
     horses neighing,
     men walking, each with bow and arrows at the waist.