飛廉

Chinese

		to fly	uncorrupt; inexpensive
trad. (飛廉)		飛	廉
simp. (飞廉)		飞	廉

Etymology

Related to 風 (OC *plum, *plums).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēilián

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēilián
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feilián
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-lien²
    • Yale: fēi-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feilian
    • Palladius: фэйлянь (fɛjljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pj+j ljem

Rime
Character	飛	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫微切	力鹽切
Baxter	pj+j	ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/	/liᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/	/liɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/	/ljæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/	/liam/
Li Rong	/piuəi/	/liɛm/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/	/lĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/	/li̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei1	lim4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.pə[r]  (k-)rem|[r]em/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl  ɡ·rem/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飛	廉	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fēi	lián	lián
Middle Chinese	‹ pjɨj ›	‹ ljem ›	‹ ljem ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.pə[r]/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)	/*(k-)rem/	/*[r]em/
English	fly (v.)	frugal	angle
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	飛	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3115	6042
Phonetic component	飛	兼
Rime group	微	談
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	猆	廉
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/	/*ɡ·rem/

Noun

飛廉

1. (Chinese mythology) wind god, Feilian

   • 前望舒使先驅兮，後飛廉使奔屬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     前望舒使先驱兮，后飞廉使奔属。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Qián wàngshū shǐ xiānqū xī, hòu fēilián shǐ bēnshǔ. [Pinyin]

     The pale moon's charioteer I then bade lead,
     The master of the winds swiftly succeed.