厲風

Chinese

Etymology 1

		severe	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (厲風)		厲	風
simp. (厉风)		厉	风

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìfong
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-fêng¹
  - Yale: lì-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihfeng
  - Palladius: лифэн (lifɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: ljejH pjuwng

Rime
Character	厲	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力制切	方戎切
Baxter	ljejH	pjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇi^H/	/pɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛi^H/	/piuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæi^H/	/piuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liaj^H/	/puwŋ/
Li Rong	/liɛi^H/	/piuŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭɛi^H/	/pĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛi^H/	/pi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai⁶	fung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]at-s prəm/

(Zhengzhang): /*m·rads plum/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	厲	厲	厲	風
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì	lì	lì	fēng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljej^H ›	‹ ljej^H ›	‹ ljej^H ›	‹ pjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]at-s/	/*[r]at-s/	/*[r]at-s/	/*prəm/
English	cruel	grindstone	epidemic	wind (n.)
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	厲	風
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	12621	2921
Phonetic component	萬	凡
Rime group	祭	侵
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	例	風
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/	/*plum/

Noun

厲風

(literary) strong wind
- 厲風濟則眾竅為虛。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  厉风济则众窍为虚。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Lìfēng jì zé zhòngqiào wéi xū. [Pinyin]
  When the fierce gusts have passed away, all the apertures are empty (and still).
(literary) northwest wind

Verb

厲風

(literary, figuratively) to influence with one's noble acts

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 厲風 – see 癩風 (“leprosy”). (This term is a variant form of 癩風).