泬寥

Chinese

			empty; lonesome; very few
trad. (泬寥)		泬	寥
simp. ^#(泬寥)		泬	寥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèliáo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèliáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèliáo
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-liao²
  - Yale: sywè-lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehliau
  - Palladius: сюэляо (sjueljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: xwet lew|lek

Rime
Character	泬	寥	寥
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	蕭 (93)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	IV
Fanqie	呼決切	落蕭切	郎擊切
Baxter	xwet	lew	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwet̚/	/leu/	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷet̚/	/leu/	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛt̚/	/leu/	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛt̚/	/lɛw/	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/xuet̚/	/leu/	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/xiwet̚/	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwet̚/	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue	liáo	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyut³	liu⁴	lik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷliːɡ rɯːw|rɯːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泬	寥	寥
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	14090	8366	8370
Phonetic component	穴	翏	翏
Rime group	質	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	血	聊	靂
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷliːɡ/	/*rɯːw/	/*rɯːwɢ/
Notes		見老子說文作廫

Adjective

泬寥

spacious and empty
lonely

Noun

泬寥

sunny and cloudless sky