木立

Chinese

		tree; wood	set up; to stand
simp. and trad. (木立)		木	立

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùlì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùlì
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: mù-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlih
  - Palladius: мули (muli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

Verb

木立

to stand motionless

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	立
こ Grade: 1	た(ち) > だ(ち) Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

木(き) (ki, “tree”) + 立(た)ち (tachi). 木(こ) (ko) is the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 木(き) (ki). The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こだち [kóꜜdàchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) こだち [kòdáchí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞da̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

木(こ)立(だち) • (kodachi)

thicket; copse

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN