麥嶺

Chinese

		wheat; barley; oats	mountain range
trad. (麥嶺)		麥	嶺
simp. (麦岭)		麦	岭

Etymology

Calque of Korean 보릿고개 (boritgogae, literally “barley pass”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màilǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màilǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màilǐng
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-ling³
    • Yale: mài-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayliing
    • Palladius: майлин (majlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

麥嶺

1. (Korean Classical Chinese) annual period of food shortage around May, when the autumn rice harvest is nearly exhausted but the June barley harvest is not yet ready

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麥	嶺
ばく Hyōgaiji	れい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 麥嶺 – see the following entry.

【麦嶺バークレー】 [proper noun] (obsolete) Berkeley (a city in Alameda, California, United States) Alternative spelling ばくれい

(This term, 麥嶺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
麥	嶺

Noun

麥嶺 • (maengnyeong) (hangeul 맥령)

1. Hanja form^? of 맥령 (“Synonym of 보릿고개 (boritgogae)”).