phonetic map : 利 li

goulnik
 October 05, 2008 at 05:28 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 利

li
痢 lì dysentery
痢疾 lìji dysentery
莉 lì .
茉莉 mòli jasmine
 利 lì n. interest; benefit
利于 lìyú to be beneficial
顺利 shùnlì successful
 俐 lì .
伶俐 línglì clever; bright
梨 lí pear
凤梨 fènglí pineapple
 黎 lí black; dark
黎明 límíng dawn
 犁 lí n./v. plow
雪犁 xuělí n. snow plow
藜 lí .
藜科 líkē chenopod
 蜊 lí .
蛤蜊 gélí clam
 猁 lì .
猞猁 shēlì lynx
lian
浰 liàn .
凄浰 qīliàn fast; quick
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henning
 October 13, 2008 at 01:12 PM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

伶俐@línglì@clever; bright
凄浰@qīliàn@fast; quick
凤梨@fènglí@pineapple
利@lì@n. interest; benefit
利于@lìyú@to be beneficial
梨@lí@pear
浰@liàn@.
犁@lí@n./v. plow
猞猁@shēlì@lynx
痢@lì@dysentery
痢疾@lìji@dysentery
茉莉@mòli@jasmine
藜科@líkē@chenopod
蛤蜊@gélí@clam
雪犁@xuělí@n. snow plow
顺利@shùnlì@successful
黎@lí@black; dark
黎明@límíng@dawn

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changye
 October 02, 2008 at 08:02 AM

I'm rather surprised to know that "浰" is pronunced "lian", not "li". Actually, I'm as surprised as I was when I found 靓 was pronounced "jing" and "liang" （beautiful）.

In ancient rhyme books, ones published after the 11th century, show two pronunciations for the character 浰. Strangely enough, one is "li" and another is "jian".  

So modern pronunciation "lian" was created by combining the consonat of "li" and the vowel of "jian".........? Just a wild guess. Do you believe this, hehe?

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goulnik
 October 01, 2008 at 02:19 PM

not entirely unrelated : chenopod ;-) also known as chenopodium or goosefoot, some kind of shrub (plant) apparently.

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henning
 October 01, 2008 at 02:14 PM

I got the feeling that the use of Chinese-English dictionaries helps building up a good base of fancy, sometimes even bizarre, English vocab. Especially the translations given for the individual characters seems to be a selection of low-frequency words.

Utterly unrelated to that: I just learned the word "dysentery".