遼遠

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	far; distant; remote
trad. (遼遠)		遼	遠
simp. (辽远)		辽	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ jyun⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-oán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoyuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-yüan³
    • Yale: lyáu-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauyeuan
    • Palladius: ляоюань (ljaojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ jyun⁵
    • Yale: lìuh yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-oán
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau'oarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ uan⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lew hjwonX

Rime
Character	遼	遠
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	雲阮切
Baxter	lew	hjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/ɦʉɐnX/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/ɦʷiɐnX/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ɣiuɐnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/ɦuanX/
Li Rong	/leu/	/ɣiuɐnX/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/ɣĭwɐnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/i̯wɐnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	jyun5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːw  ɢʷanʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwonX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢʷanʔ/
English	far
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	遼	遠
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	8090	16226
Phonetic component	尞	袁
Rime group	宵	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	聊	遠
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*ɢʷanʔ/

Adjective

遼遠

1. distant; faraway

Synonyms

• 偏僻 (piānpì)
• 偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)
• 僻遠／僻远 (Hokkien)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
• 遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
• 邊遠／边远 (biānyuǎn)
• 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)