磊磊

Chinese

		lumpy; rock pile; uneven	lumpy; rock pile; uneven
simp. and trad. (磊磊)		磊	磊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěilěi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ leoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěilěi [Phonetic: léilěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěilěi
  - Wade–Giles: lei³-lei³
  - Yale: lěi-lěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeileei
  - Palladius: лэйлэй (lɛjlɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵ leoi⁵
  - Yale: léuih léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ lɵy̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: lwojX lwojX

Rime
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落猥切
Baxter	lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj^X/
Li Rong	/luᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/luɒi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ ruːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7767
Phonetic component	磊
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	磥
Old Chinese	/*ruːlʔ/
Notes	同磥

Adjective

磊磊

(ideophonic, literary, of rocks) heaped
- 采三秀兮於山間，石磊磊兮葛蔓蔓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  采三秀兮于山间，石磊磊兮葛蔓蔓。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 4th century BCE, Qu Yuan (屈原), 《九歌·山鬼》, based on the translation by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.
  Cǎi sānxiù xī yú shān jiān, shí lěilěi xī gě mànmàn. [Pinyin]
  I pluck the larkspur on the hillside, amid the chaos of rock and tangled vine.