梨園

See also: 梨园

Chinese

		pear	garden
trad. (梨園)		梨	園
simp. (梨园)		梨	园

Etymology

Pear Garden was the name of the first known royal acting and musical academy in China. Later on, it came to refer to opera troupes in general.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ jyun^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líyuán
  - Wade–Giles: li²-yüan²
  - Yale: lí-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liyuan
  - Palladius: лиюань (lijuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    梨園 / 梨园
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ jyun^4-2
  - Yale: lèih yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ jyn^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ yun^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Proper noun

梨園

(archaic) Pear Garden
(～街道) Liyuan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Noun

梨園

(archaic or literary) Chinese opera troupe