薜荔

Chinese

		Ficus pumila
trad. (薜荔)		薜	荔
simp. #(薜荔)		薜	荔
alternative forms		萆荔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pē-lē / phek-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìlì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bì-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlih
    • Palladius: били (bili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ lai⁶
    • Yale: baih laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē-lē
    • Tâi-lô: pē-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexle
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²⁻²¹ le²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-lē
    • Tâi-lô: phik-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phekle
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ le³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bejH lejH

Rime
Character	薜	荔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	蒲計切	郎計切
Baxter	bejH	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beiH/	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/beiH/	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛiH/	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjH/	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/beiH/	/leiH/
Wang Li	/bieiH/	/lieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱieiH/	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bai6	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːɡs  reːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薜	荔
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	663	13776
Phonetic component	辟	劦
Rime group	賜	蓋
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	薜	麗
Old Chinese	/*beːɡs/	/*reːbs/

Noun

薜荔

1. creeping fig; climbing fig (Ficus pumila)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 薜荔 (“creeping fig; climbing fig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薜荔, 木蓮
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	愛玉
Southern Min	Xiamen	薁蕘, 風不動
	Quanzhou	栟枹
	Zhangzhou	栟枹
	Taipei	薁蕘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薁蕘
	Kaohsiung	薁蕘
	Yilan	薁蕘
	Changhua (Lukang)	薁蕘
	Taichung	薁蕘
	Tainan	子仔
	Hsinchu	薁蕘, 栟枹
	Kinmen	薁蕘
	Penghu (Magong)	薁蕘
	Leizhou	甜泡
Note	Most of the terms refer especially to Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang.