威稜

Chinese

		prestige; might	prestige; might
trad. (威稜/威棱)		威	稜/棱
simp. (威棱)		威	棱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiléng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄌㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiléng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄌㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiléng
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-lêng²
    • Yale: wēi-léng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueileng
    • Palladius: вэйлэн (vɛjlɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+j long

Rime
Character	威	稜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於非切	魯登切
Baxter	'jw+j	long
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/	/ləŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/	/ləŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/	/ləŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/	/ləŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/	/ləŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/	/ləŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/	/ləŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	léng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	lang4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qul  rɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	威
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔuj/
English	awe-inspiring
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	威	稜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12789	8239
Phonetic component	威	夌
Rime group	微	蒸
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	威	楞
Old Chinese	/*qul/	/*rɯːŋ/
Notes		俗棱字見班固賦

Noun

威稜

1. (literary, archaic) prestige; might

   • 威稜憺乎鄰國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     威棱憺乎邻国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Wēiléng dàn hū línguó. [Pinyin]

     Awe-inspiring fame reverberates all across the neighbouring lands.

   • 於以恢復琉球，掃蕩日本，大雪國恥，耀我威稜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于以恢复琉球，扫荡日本，大雪国耻，耀我威棱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1895, Kang Youwei, Second petition to the Emperor (《上清帝第二書》)

     Yú yǐ huīfù Liúqiú, sǎodàng Rìběn, dà xuě guóchǐ, yào wǒ wēiléng. [Pinyin]

     By these measures, we will be able to redeem the lost lands of Liuqiu, wipe out the influences of Japan, fully avenge our country's humiliations, and assume glorious prestige among nations.