凜冽

See also: 凛冽

Chinese

		shiver with cold or fear	cold and raw
trad. (凜冽)		凜	冽
simp. (凛冽)		凛	冽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐnliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵ lit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐnliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐnliè
    • Wade–Giles: lin³-lieh⁴
    • Yale: lǐn-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liinlieh
    • Palladius: линьле (linʹle)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁵ lit⁶
    • Yale: láhm liht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵ lit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³ liːt̚²/

Adjective

凜冽

1. freezing cold; bitingly cold
2. (literary, figurative) formidably serious; solemn

Synonyms

• (freezing): (literary) 料峭 (liàoqiào)

Derived terms

• 凜凜冽冽／凛凛冽冽

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (凜冽):

• → Vietnamese: lẫm liệt (凜冽)