凜冽

See also: 凛冽

Chinese

		shiver with cold or fear	cold and raw
trad. (凜冽)		凜	冽
simp. (凛冽)		凛	冽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǐnliè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵ lit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǐnliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǐnliè
  - Wade–Giles: lin³-lieh⁴
  - Yale: lǐn-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liinlieh
  - Palladius: линьле (linʹle)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lam⁵ lit⁶
  - Yale: láhm liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵ lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³ liːt̚²/

Adjective

凜冽

freezing cold; bitingly cold
(literary, figurative) formidably serious; solemn

Synonyms

(freezing): (literary) 料峭 (liàoqiào)

Derived terms

凜凜冽冽／凛凛冽冽

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (凜冽):

→ Vietnamese: lẫm liệt (凜冽)

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