離支

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (離支)		離	支
simp. (离支)		离	支
alternative forms		離枝／离枝
anagram		支離／支离

Etymology

See 荔枝.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìjhih
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: lì-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihjy
    • Palladius: личжи (ličži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljeH tsye

Rime
Character	離	支
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力智切	章移切
Baxter	ljeH	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇH/	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛH/	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛH/	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆H/	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/lieH/	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/lǐeH/	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯H/	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei6	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*raj-s  ke/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rels  kje/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	離	支
Reading #	3/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ ljeH ›	‹ tsye ›
Old Chinese	/*raj-s/	/*ke/
English	reject	branch (of tree), limb
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	離	支
Reading #	3/3	1/1
No.	7794	17200
Phonetic component	离	支
Rime group	歌	支
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	詈	支
Old Chinese	/*rels/	/*kje/

Noun

離支

1. (literary, obsolete) Alternative name for 荔枝 (lìzhī, “lychee”).

   • 隱夫薁棣，荅遝離支。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     隐夫薁棣，荅遝离支。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru), 上林賦 (“Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park”), in 文選 (wénxuǎn) (Selections of Refined Literature)

     Yǐnfū yù dì, dátà lìzhī. [Pinyin]

     Hermit-tree, vines, and cherries; plums and lychees,