逆旅

Chinese

		contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	trip; travel
trad. (逆旅)		逆	旅
simp. #(逆旅)		逆	旅

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	逆	旅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陌 (115)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	宜戟切	力舉切
Baxter	ngjaek	ljoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiæk̚/	/lɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiak̚/	/liɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiak̚/	/liɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajk̚/	/lɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐk̚/	/liɔX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐk̚/	/lĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋiɐk̚/	/li̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6	leoi5

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	逆	旅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nì	lǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjæk ›	‹ ljoX ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋrak/	/*[r]aʔ/
English	go against	military unit of 500 men; to go
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	逆	旅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9474	8600
Phonetic component	屰	旅
Rime group	鐸	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	逆	吕
Old Chinese	/*ŋraɡ/	/*ɡ·raʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìlǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄌㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìlǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìlyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-lü³
    • Yale: nì-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihleu
    • Palladius: нилюй (niljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjaek ljoX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋrak  [r]aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraɡ  ɡ·raʔ/

Noun

逆旅

1. (literary) guesthouse; inn

   • 夫天地者，萬物之逆旅；光陰者，百代之過客。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     夫天地者，万物之逆旅；光阴者，百代之过客。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 733, Li Bai,《春夜宴桃李園序》(Entertainment Given In the Peach and Plum Garden On a Spring Evening), translated by Lin Yutang

     Fú tiāndì zhě, wànwù zhī nìlǚ; guāngyīn zhě, bǎidài zhī guòkè. [Pinyin]

     The universe is a lodging house for the myriad things, and time itself is a traveling guest of the centuries.

2. (literary) journey; voyage

   • 人生如逆旅，我亦是行人。 [Ci, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1091, Su Shi,《臨江仙·送錢穆父》(To the Tune: Riverside Daffodils)

     Rénshēng rú nìlǚ, wǒ yì shì xíngrén. [Pinyin]

     Life is like a journey;
     I too am on my way.

Synonyms

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• ho͘-té-luh (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 公館 / 公馆 (gōngguǎn)
• 客店 (kèdiàn) (literary)
• 客棧 / 客栈 (kèzhàn)
• 客舍 (kèshè) (literary)
• 店 (diàn)
• 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
• 施舍 (shīshè) (literary)
• 旅店 (lǚdiàn)
• 旅社 (lǚshè)
• 旅館 / 旅馆 (lǚguǎn)
• 棧房 / 栈房 (zhànfáng) (dialectal)
• 販仔間 / 贩仔间 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 賓館 / 宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
• 酒店 (jiǔdiàn)
• 酒樓 / 酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
• 飯店 / 饭店 (fàndiàn)