屋檐

See also: 屋簷

Chinese

		house; room	eaves
trad. (屋檐/屋簷)		屋	檐/簷
simp. (屋檐)		屋	檐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wūyán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄧㄢˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu² yan²
Cantonese (Jyutping): uk¹ jim⁴ / uk¹ sim⁴ / uk¹ jam⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): uh⁶ ien⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vuk-yàm

(Meixian, Guangdong): vug⁵ yam²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ok-iâm
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq-yi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): u⁶ ienn²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wuyán
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-yen²
  - Yale: wū-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyan
  - Palladius: уянь (ujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wu² yan²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ujan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu²¹ iɛn²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: uk¹ jim⁴ / uk¹ sim⁴ / uk¹ jam⁴
  - Yale: ūk yìhm / ūk sìhm / ūk yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: uk⁷ jim⁴ / uk⁷ sim⁴ / uk⁷ jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ug¹ yim⁴ / ug¹ xim⁴ / ug¹ yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊk̚⁵ jiːm²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ siːm²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ jɐm²¹/

Note: uk1 jam4 - Guangzhou.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uh⁶ ien⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uʔ⁵ iɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: vug^ˋ iam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vug⁵ yam²
  - Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² i̯am¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: vug^ˋ (r)iam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vug⁵ yam²
  - Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² (j)i̯am¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vug⁵ yam²
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋʊk̚¹ iam¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-iâm
  - Tâi-lô: ok-iâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ok'iaam
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ iam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ iam¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iam²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq-yi
  - MiniDict: oh^入 yi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-hhi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ ɦi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: u⁶ ienn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²⁴ i̯ẽ¹³/

Middle Chinese: 'uwk yem

Rime
Character	屋	檐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏谷切	余廉切
Baxter	'uwk	yem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuk̚/	/jiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuk̚/	/jiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuk̚/	/jæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwk̚/	/jiam/
Li Rong	/ʔuk̚/	/iɛm/
Wang Li	/uk̚/	/jĭɛm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuk̚/	/i̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	uk¹	jim⁴

Noun

屋檐

eaves

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 屋檐 (“eaves”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屋檐, 房檐
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	房檐兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	房檐, 屋檐
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	房檐
	Wanrong	廈檐
	Xi'an	房檐兒
	Xining	房檐
	Xuzhou	屋檐, 廈檐
	Pizhou	屋檐
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	屋檐
	Donghai	檐口
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	房檐
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	房檐子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	屋檐, 房檐
	Wuhan	屋檐, 屋檐子
	Guiyang	屋檐
	Liuzhou	屋檐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	屋檐, 房檐兒
	Yangzhou	屋檐
	Baoying	屋檐
	Taizhou	屋檐頭, 檐頭
	Zhenjiang	屋檐
	Lianyungang	屋檐
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	屋檐
	Xuyi	屋檐, 房檐
	Nantong	屋檐
	Rugao	屋檐
	Yancheng	屋檐口, 檐口
	Funing	屋檐口
	Sihong	房檐, 屋檐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屋檐, 瓦檐
Cantonese	Hong Kong	屋檐
Gan	Nanchang	屋檐
	Lichuan	屋檐
	Pingxiang	屋檐
Hakka	Meixian	屋檐
	Yudu	飄檐, 寮檐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屋檐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屋檐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屋檐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屋檐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屋檐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屋檐
Huizhou	Jixi	屋檐
Jin	Taiyuan	房檐檐
Jin	Xinzhou	房檐, 房檐頭兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	厝檐, 厝檐沿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	檐墘, 檐墘頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	簾檐, 厝檐, 厝檐口
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	簾檐
	Quanzhou	厝檐墘
	Zhangzhou	簾檐, 厝檐
	Tainan	簾檐
	Haikou	檐頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	屋檐
Wu	Shanghai	屋檐
	Shanghai (Chongming)	屋檐
	Suzhou	橑檐
	Wuxi	屋檐頭
	Changshu	屋檐
	Nantong (Haimen)	屋檐
	Changzhou	屋檐頭
	Danyang	屋檐
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	屋檐
	Hangzhou	屋檐, 寮檐
	Ningbo	檐楯, 屋檐
	Wenzhou	瓦檐頭
Xiang	Changsha	屋檐
Xiang	Loudi	屋檐

Derived terms

人在屋檐下，不得不低頭 / 人在屋檐下，不得不低头 (rén zài wūyán xià, bùdébù dītóu)
屋檐鳥 / 屋檐鸟