支離

See also: 支离

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (支離)		支	離
simp. (支离)		支	离
anagram		離支／离支

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ lei⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ-liè
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-lî / ki-lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihlí
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-li²
    • Yale: jr̄-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyli
    • Palladius: чжили (čžili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: jī lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ-liè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵⁵ l̃ie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-lî
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cilii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² li¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lî
    • Tâi-lô: ki-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kilii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴/

Verb

支離

1. to disintegrate; to disunite

Adjective

支離

1. incoherent; disjointed; fragmented; broken
2. (of writing) incoherent; trivial and jumbled
3. (Eastern Min) tragic; miserable; pitiful