屋檐

See also: 屋簷

Chinese

		house; room	eaves
trad. (屋檐/屋簷)		屋	檐/簷
simp. (屋檐)		屋	檐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wūyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu² yan²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): uk¹ jim⁴, uk¹ sim⁴, uk¹ jam⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): uh⁶ ien⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vuk-yàm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vug⁵ yam²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ok-iâm
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷oq-yi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u⁶ ienn²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyán
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-yen²
    • Yale: wū-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyan
    • Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wu² yan²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ujan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²¹ iɛn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: uk¹ jim⁴, uk¹ sim⁴, uk¹ jam⁴
    • Yale: ūk yìhm, ūk sìhm, ūk yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: uk⁷ jim⁴, uk⁷ sim⁴, uk⁷ jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ug¹ yim⁴, ug¹ xim⁴, ug¹ yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊk̚⁵ jiːm²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ siːm²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ jɐm²¹/

Note: uk1 jam4 - Guangzhou.

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: uh⁶ ien⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uʔ⁵ iɛn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: vug` iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vug<sup>5</sup> yam<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² i̯am¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: vug` (r)iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vug⁵ yam²
    • Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² (j)i̯am¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vug⁵ yam²
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋʊk̚¹ iam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-iâm
    • Tâi-lô: ok-iâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ok'iaam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ iam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ iam¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iam²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷oq-yi
    • MiniDict: oh^入 yi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-hhi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ ɦi⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: u⁶ ienn²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²⁴ i̯ẽ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwk yem

Rime
Character	屋	檐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏谷切	余廉切
Baxter	'uwk	yem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuk̚/	/jiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuk̚/	/jiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuk̚/	/jæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwk̚/	/jiam/
Li Rong	/ʔuk̚/	/iɛm/
Wang Li	/uk̚/	/jĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuk̚/	/i̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	uk1	jim4

Noun

屋檐

1. eaves

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 屋檐 (“eaves”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屋檐, 房檐
Mandarin	Harbin	房檐兒
	Jinan	房檐, 屋檐
	Luoyang	房檐
	Wanrong	廈檐
	Xi'an	房檐兒
	Yinchuan	房檐
	Xining	房檐
	Ürümqi	房檐子
	Wuhan	屋檐, 屋檐子
	Chengdu	屋檐, 房檐
	Guiyang	屋檐
	Liuzhou	屋檐
	Xuzhou	屋檐, 廈檐
	Yangzhou	屋檐
	Nanjing	屋檐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屋檐, 瓦檐
	Hong Kong	屋檐
Gan	Nanchang	屋檐
	Lichuan	屋檐
	Pingxiang	屋檐
Hakka	Meixian	屋檐
	Yudu	飄檐, 寮檐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屋檐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屋檐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屋檐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屋檐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屋檐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋檐
Huizhou	Jixi	屋檐
Jin	Taiyuan	房檐檐
	Xinzhou	房檐, 房檐頭兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝檐, 厝檐沿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	檐墘, 檐墘頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	簾檐, 厝檐, 厝檐口
	Quanzhou	厝檐墘
	Zhangzhou	簾檐, 厝檐
	Tainan	簾檐
	Haikou	檐頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屋檐
Wu	Shanghai	屋檐
	Shanghai (Chongming)	屋檐
	Suzhou	橑檐
	Danyang	屋檐
	Hangzhou	屋檐, 寮檐
	Ningbo	檐楯, 屋檐
	Wenzhou	瓦檐頭
Xiang	Changsha	屋檐
	Loudi	屋檐

Derived terms

• 人在屋檐下，不得不低頭／人在屋檐下，不得不低头 (rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu)
• 屋檐鳥／屋檐鸟