厲風

Chinese

Etymology 1

		severe	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (厲風)		厲	風
simp. (厉风)		厉	风

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìfēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìfēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìfong
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-fêng¹
    • Yale: lì-fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihfeng
    • Palladius: лифэн (lifɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljejH pjuwng

Rime
Character	厲	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力制切	方戎切
Baxter	ljejH	pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇiH/	/pɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛiH/	/piuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæiH/	/piuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajH/	/puwŋ/
Li Rong	/liɛiH/	/piuŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭɛiH/	/pĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛiH/	/pi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6	fung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]at-s  prəm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·rads  plum/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厲	厲	厲	風
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì	lì	lì	fēng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljejH ›	‹ ljejH ›	‹ ljejH ›	‹ pjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]at-s/	/*[r]at-s/	/*[r]at-s/	/*prəm/
English	cruel	grindstone	epidemic	wind (n.)
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	厲	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12621	2921
Phonetic component	萬	凡
Rime group	祭	侵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	例	風
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/	/*plum/

Noun

厲風

1. (literary) strong wind

   • 厲風濟則眾竅為虛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     厉风济则众窍为虚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lìfēng jì zé zhòngqiào wéi xū. [Pinyin]

     When the fierce gusts have passed away, all the apertures are empty (and still).

2. (literary) northwest wind

Verb

厲風

1. (literary, figuratively) to influence with one's noble acts

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 厲風 – see 癩風 (“leprosy”). (This term is a variant form of 癩風).