鸝黃

See also: 黄鹂

Chinese

		{{vern|Chinese oriole}}	yellow
trad. (鸝黃)		鸝	黃
simp. (鹂黄)		鹂	黄
alternative forms		離黃／离黄
anagram		黃鸝／黄鹂

Etymology

Attested somewhat late, earliest in "Rhapsody on Gaotang [Shrine]" (高唐賦), attributed to Song Yu & included in Selections of Refined Literature:

• 王雎，鸝黃，正冥，楚鳩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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  王雎，鹂黄，正冥，楚鸠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

  From: 3th century BCE, 宋玉 Song Yu, 《高唐賦》 ("Rhapsody on Gaotang [Shrine]"); translation based on Arthur Waley's version.

  Wángjū, líhuáng, zhèngmíng, chǔjiū. [Pinyin]

  the royal-coot, the yellow witwall / oriole, herald-of-dusk; warbler / dove of Chu,

For more see 鸝／鹂 (lí).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鸝	黃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	呂支切	胡光切
Baxter	lje	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/lie/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	wong4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	黃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hwang ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kʷˁaŋ/
English	yellow
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	鸝	黃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7919	5380
Phonetic component	丽	黄
Rime group	歌	陽
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	離	黃
Old Chinese	/*rel/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes		甲金文象繫市（韍）之圍腰綬帶，取唐蘭釋黃爲衡綬但不取其尪本字說。非光聲

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lê-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: li²-huang²
    • Yale: lí-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihwang
    • Palladius: лихуан (lixuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ wong⁴
    • Yale: lèih wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-hông
    • Tâi-lô: lê-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lje hwang

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel  ɡʷaːŋ/

Noun

鸝黃

1. (likely obsolete) black-naped oriole

   • 松柏鬱森沈，鸝黃相與嬉。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     松柏郁森沈，鹂黄相与嬉。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 3rd century CE, 阮籍 (Ruan Ji), 《詠懷》 ("Singing My Cares"), no. 51; translated by Owen & Swartz (2017)

     Sōngbǎi yù sēnshěn, líhuáng xiàngyǔ xī. [Pinyin]

     The pines and cypresses were thick and dark, and orioles joined together in sporting.

Synonyms

• 黃鶯／黄莺 (huángyīng)
• 鶬鶊／鸧鹒 (cānggēng)