利器

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	device; tool; utensil
trad. (利器)		利	器
simp. #(利器)		利	器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìcì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: lì-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihchih
    • Palladius: лици (lici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ hei³
    • Yale: leih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² hei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: lijH khijH

Rime
Character	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力至切	去冀切
Baxter	lijH	khijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪH/	/kʰˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/liH/	/kʰᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪH/	/kʰiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liH/	/kʰjiH/
Li Rong	/liH/	/kʰjiH/
Wang Li	/liH/	/kʰiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/liH/	/kʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei6	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ri[t]-s  [kʰ]r[ə][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rids  kʰrɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì	qì
Middle Chinese	‹ lijH ›	‹ khijH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ri[t]-s/	/*[kʰ]r[ə][t]-s/
English	sharp; profit	vessel; instrument
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	利	器
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7898	10173
Phonetic component	利	器
Rime group	至	隊
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	利	器
Old Chinese	/*rids/	/*kʰrɯds/

Noun

利器

1. sharp weapon
2. good tool; excellent instrument

Synonyms

• (good tool): (literary) 利用 (lìyòng)

Derived terms

• 自拍利器 (zìpāi lìqì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (利器):

• → Japanese: 利器(りき) (riki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
利	器
り Grade: 4	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
利器 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) り​き [ríꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲikʲi]

Noun

利(り)器(き) • (riki) 

1. sharp weapon
2. convenient instrument
3. useful talent