列缺

Chinese

		to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series	lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (列缺)		列	缺
simp. #(列缺)		列	缺
alternative forms		裂缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lièquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liècyue
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: lyè-chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehchiue
    • Palladius: лецюэ (lecjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶ kyut³
    • Yale: liht kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚² kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljet khwet|khjwiet

Rime
Character	列	缺	缺
Reading #	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	屑 (88)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV	III
Fanqie	良辥切	苦穴切	傾雪切
Baxter	ljet	khwet	khjwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/	/kʰwet̚/	/kʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/	/kʰʷet̚/	/kʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/	/kʰuɛt̚/	/kʰjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/	/kʰwɛt̚/	/kʰwiat̚/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/	/kʰuet̚/	/kʰiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/	/kʰiwet̚/	/kʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/	/kʰiwet̚/	/kʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè	que	que
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit6	hyut3	hyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r][e]t  Nə-[k]ʷʰˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*red  kʰʷed|kʰʷeːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	列	缺
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liè	quē
Middle Chinese	‹ ljet ›	‹ khwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[r][e]t/	/*Nə-[k]ʷʰˁet/
English	tear apart; rank	break; defective
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	列	缺	缺
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	8128	4412	4430
Phonetic component	列	夬	夬
Rime group	月	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		缺	闋
Old Chinese	/*red/	/*kʰʷed/	/*kʰʷeːd/

Noun

列缺

1. (archaic) lightning
2. (archaic) crack (in the sky)
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) name of an acupoint