尾閭

See also: 尾闾

Chinese

		tail	gate of a village; village
trad. (尾閭)		尾	閭
simp. (尾闾)		尾	闾

Etymology

The mythological hole is from Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěilǘ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ leoi⁴, mei⁵ leoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wěilǘ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiliu
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ly³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ leoi⁴, mei⁵ leoi⁵
  - Yale: méih lèuih, méih léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ loey⁴, mei⁵ loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ lêu⁴, méi⁵ lêu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ lɵy̯²¹/, /mei̯¹³ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

尾閭

lower reaches (of a river)
(traditional Chinese medicine) the "tail gate", coccygeal and sacral areas
(Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

尾閭骨／尾闾骨 (wěilǘgǔ, “coccyx, tailbone”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尾閭):

→ Japanese: 尾 (び)閭 (りょ) (biryo)
→ Korean: 미려 (尾閭, miryeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	閭
び Grade: S	りょ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From 莊子.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) びりょ [bíꜜryò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bʲiɾʲo̞]

Noun

尾閭 (hiragana びりょ, rōmaji biryo)

(Chinese mythology) a hole that is said to be located at the bottom of the ocean where all water is endlessly leaking away without ever being exhausted.

Derived terms

尾閭骨 (びりょこつ) (biryokotsu, “coccyx, tailbone”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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