撐犁

See also: 撑犁

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (撐犁)		撐	犁
simp. (撑犁)		撑	犁
alternative forms		撐黎／撑黎

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri, “god of the blue sky”) (Turkish tanrı (“god”)).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēnglí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēnglí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chenglí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-li²
    • Yale: chēng-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengli
    • Palladius: чэнли (čɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵/

Noun

撐犁

1. The word for "sky" in the Xiongnu language.