飛廉

Chinese

		to fly	uncorrupt; inexpensive
trad. (飛廉)		飛	廉
simp. (飞廉)		飞	廉

Etymology

Related to 風 (OC *plum, *plums).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēilián

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟㄌㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēilián
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: feilián
  - Wade–Giles: fei¹-lien²
  - Yale: fēi-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feilian
  - Palladius: фэйлянь (fɛjljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

Middle Chinese: pj+j ljem

Rime
Character	飛	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	甫微切	力鹽切
Baxter	pj+j	ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉi/	/liᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɨi/	/liɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/piuəi/	/ljæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puj/	/liam/
Li Rong	/piuəi/	/liɛm/
Wang Li	/pĭwəi/	/lĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pwe̯i/	/li̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēi	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei¹	lim⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.pə[r] (k-)rem|[r]em/

(Zhengzhang): /*pɯl ɡ·rem/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飛	廉	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fēi	lián	lián
Middle Chinese	‹ pjɨj ›	‹ ljem ›	‹ ljem ›
Old Chinese	/Cə.pə[r]/ (dialect: -r > *-j)	/*(k-)rem/	/*[r]em/
English	fly (v.)	frugal	angle
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	飛	廉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3115	6042
Phonetic component	飛	兼
Rime group	微	談
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	猆	廉
Old Chinese	/*pɯl/	/*ɡ·rem/

Noun

飛廉

(Chinese mythology) wind god
- 前望舒使先驅兮，後飛廉使奔屬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  前望舒使先驱兮，后飞廉使奔属。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Qián wàngshū shǐ xiānqū xī, hòu fēilián shǐ bēnshǔ. [Pinyin]
  The pale moon's charioteer I then bade lead,
  The master of the winds swiftly succeed.
(Chinese mythology) a mythical winged creature that summons wind
(traditional Chinese medicine) a thistle-like medicinal herb, also called 漏盧

Proper noun

飛廉

(historical) a minister of the Xia dynasty or Shang dynasty
(historical) a Han dynasty pavilion