粼粼

Chinese

		clear (as of water)	clear (as of water)
trad. (粼粼)		粼	粼
simp. #(粼粼)		粼	粼
alternative forms		磷磷 鱗鱗／鳞鳞

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:

      edit edit 磷磷 粼粼

• 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 lin

Rime
Character	粼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力珍切
Baxter	lin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/lin/
Shao Rongfen	/ljen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lin/
Li Rong	/liĕn/
Wang Li	/lĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rin  rin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粼
Reading #	1/2
No.	8198
Phonetic component	粦
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㷠
Old Chinese	/*rin/

Adjective

粼粼

1. (ideophonic, of water) clear and crystalline; bright and clear

   • 揚之水，白石粼粼。我聞有命，不敢以告人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     扬之水，白石粼粼。我闻有命，不敢以告人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yáng zhī shuǐ, bái shí línlín. Wǒ wén yǒu mìng, bù gǎn yǐ gào rén. [Pinyin]

     Amidst the fretted waters,
     The white rocks clearly show.
     We have heard your orders,
     And will not dare to inform any one of them.

   • 2014, “克卜勒 [Kepler]”, in HUSH (lyrics), 克卜勒 [Kepler], performed by 孫燕姿:

     當你沉浸天空那條冰冷的銀河　粼粼的波光夠不夠暖活你 [MSC, trad.]
     当你沉浸天空那条冰冷的银河　粼粼的波光够不够暖活你 [MSC, simp.]

     dāng nǐ chénjìn tiānkōng nà tiáo bīnglěng de yínhé, línlín de bōguāng gòu bù gòu nuǎnhuó nǐ [Pinyin]

     When you immerse yourself in the sky’s freezing cold galaxy,
     Are the sparkling waves enough to keep you warm?

Derived terms

• 微波粼粼
• 波光粼粼 (bōguānglínlín)
• 碧粼粼
• 粼粼波光