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啉
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Translingual
Han character
啉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口木木 (RDD), four-corner 6409, composition ⿰口林)
Derived characters
- 𪢇
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 195, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3806
- Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 637, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5549
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·ruːm): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 林 (OC *ɡ·rɯm).
Etymology 1
Related to Thai ดื่ม (dʉ̀ʉm, “to drink”) (Schuessler, 2007).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lán
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lán
- Wade–Giles: lan2
- Yale: lán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
- Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: laam4
- Yale: làahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: laam4
- Guangdong Romanization: lam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lîm
- Hakka Romanization System: limˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lim1
- Sinological IPA: /lim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: limˋ
- Sinological IPA: /lim⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Note:
- lim - vernacular;
- lâm - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lim1 / nim1 / ning1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lim / nim / ning
- Sinological IPA (key): /lim³³/, /nim³³/, /niŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
- lim1 - Chaozou, Shantou;
- nim1 - Jieyang;
- ning1 - Chenghai.
Note:
- Middle Chinese: lom
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ruːm/
Definitions
啉
- (historical dictionaries only) to pour a round of alcoholic drink
- (historical dictionaries only) to finish drinking
- (Hakka, Southern Min) to drink
- 你欲啉茶抑是咖啡？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
- Lí beh lim tê ia̍h-sī ka-pi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Do you want to drink tea or coffee?
- 2001, 黃一飛 (馬來西亞歌手) [Freddie Huang Yi Fei], “一百萬 [One Million Dollars]”:
- (Hokkien) to drink alcohol
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 啉 – see 婪 (“to covet; to be avaricious; to be greedy”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 婪). |
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lán
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lán
- Wade–Giles: lan2
- Yale: lán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lan
- Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: laam4
- Yale: làahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: laam4
- Guangdong Romanization: lam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: lom
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ruːm/
Definitions
啉
- (historical dictionaries only) to be clamorous; to be noisy
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
- Wade–Giles: lin4
- Yale: lìn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
- Palladius: линь (linʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: làn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: làn
- Wade–Giles: lan4
- Yale: làn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lann
- Palladius: лань (lanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lèn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lèn
- Wade–Giles: lên4
- Yale: lèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lenn
- Palladius: лэнь (lɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
啉
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stupid
- 足下其實啉，休裝㖔。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wang Shifu, The Story of the Western Wing, 13th – 14th centuries CE
- Zúxià qíshí lìn, xiū zhuāng tǔn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
足下其实啉，休装㖔。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lín
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lín
- Wade–Giles: lin2
- Yale: lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lin
- Palladius: линь (linʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lam4
- Yale: làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lim5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lîm
- Sinological IPA (key): /lim⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Definitions
啉
- Used in transcription, especially of chemical names.
Compounds
References
- “啉”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
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Japanese
Kanji
啉
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
啉 • (ram) (hangeul 람, revised ram, McCune–Reischauer ram)
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Vietnamese
Han character
啉: Hán Việt readings: lam, lâm
啉: Nôm readings: lâm, lùm, lăm, lảm, lầm, lẩm, lằm, rầm, rắm, rởm, trăm
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