蒺藜

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蒺藜/蒺蔾)		蒺	藜/蔾
simp. (蒺藜)		蒺	藜

Etymology

Related to 茨 (cí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jílí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ lai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhi̍t-lì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): che̍k-lê / chi̍t-lê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jílí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jílí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-li²
    • Yale: jí-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyili
    • Palladius: цзили (czili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶ lai⁴
    • Yale: jaht làih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ lai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶ lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² lɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi̍t-lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid liˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁶ li²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚⁵ li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k-lê / chi̍t-lê
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍k-lê / tsi̍t-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeglee, cidlee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/, /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪk̚²⁴⁻² le²⁴/, /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ le¹³/, /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/, /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚⁴⁻³² le²³/, /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² le²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzit lej

Rime
Character	蒺	藜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	秦悉切	郎奚切
Baxter	dzit	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪt̚/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zit̚/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjet̚/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zit̚/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/d͡ziĕt̚/	/lei/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕt̚/	/liei/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat6	lai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zid  riːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒺	藜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5741	7886
Phonetic component	疾	利
Rime group	質	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	疾	黎
Old Chinese	/*zid/	/*riːl/

Noun

蒺藜

1. caltrop; starthistle
2. barbed object

Derived terms

• 鐵蒺藜／铁蒺藜