煉獄

See also: 炼狱

Chinese

		refine; smelt	prison
trad. (煉獄)		煉	獄
simp. (炼狱)		炼	狱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liànyù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁶ juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien-ngiu̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liān-ge̍k / liān-ga̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liànyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liànyù
  - Wade–Giles: lien⁴-yü⁴
  - Yale: lyàn-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liannyuh
  - Palladius: ляньюй (ljanʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁶ juk⁶
  - Yale: lihn yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁶ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁶ yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²² jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-ngiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: lien ngiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴ ngiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān-ge̍k
  - Tâi-lô: liān-gi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liexn'gek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn³³⁻²¹ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān-ga̍k
  - Tâi-lô: liān-ga̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liexn'gak
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn³³⁻¹¹ ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn³³⁻²¹ ɡak̚⁴/

Noun

煉獄

(theology, Roman Catholicism) purgatory
abyss of misery

Japanese

Kanji in this term
煉	獄
れん Jinmeiyō	ごく Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

煉 (ren, “to refine”) +‎ 獄 (goku, “prison”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れんごく [rèńgókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ŋɡo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

煉(れん)獄(ごく) • (rengoku)

(theology) purgatory
- 2003, Enrico Maxwell- page 76 in Chapter 42 ("Aubird Force") of Hellsing volume 6
  まるで煉(れん)獄(ごく)。
  Maru de rengoku.
  Just like purgatory.

Korean

Hanja in this term
煉	獄

Noun

煉獄 • (yeonok or McCune-Reischauer: yŏnok or Yale: yēn.ok) (hangeul 연옥)

hanja form^? of 연옥 (“purgatory”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
煉	獄

Noun

煉獄

chữ Hán form of luyện ngục (“purgatory”)