撐犁

See also: 撑犁

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (撐犁)		撐	犁
simp. (撑犁)		撑	犁
alternative forms		撐黎／撑黎

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“sky, heaven, god”). Compare Old Turkic 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃 (teŋri, “god of the blue sky”) (Turkish tanrı (“god”)).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēnglí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥㄌㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēnglí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chenglí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-li²
  - Yale: chēng-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengli
  - Palladius: чэнли (čɛnli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵/

Noun

撐犁

The word for "sky" in the Xiongnu language.

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