壁立

Chinese

		wall; rampart	set up; to stand
simp. and trad. (壁立)		壁	立

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ laap⁶

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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: bik¹ laap⁶
    • Yale: bīk laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ laːp̚²/

Adjective

壁立

1. (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.) sheer (very steep)

Synonyms

• 岢峻 (kějùn) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 岢峨 (kě'é) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds only)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào) (of a mountain, high and steep)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 崎 (qí) (literary or Min Nan)
• 嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín) (literary, dangerously steep)
• 嶜崟 (dangerously steep)
• 巀嶭 (of mountains, high, lofty, and steep)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
• 筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡 (dǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn) (dangerously steep)
• 高峻 (gāojùn) (of a mountain, high and steep)