縲絏

Chinese

		bind; bond	leash; rein
trad. (縲絏/縲紲)		縲	絏/紲
simp. (缧绁)		缧	绁
alternative forms		纍紲／累绁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): léixiè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ sit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi-siat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: léixiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: léisiè
  - Wade–Giles: lei²-hsieh⁴
  - Yale: léi-syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leishieh
  - Palladius: лэйсе (lɛjse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    縲絏 / 缧绁
    纍紲 / 累绁
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁴ sit³
  - Yale: lèuih sit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ sit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ xid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ siːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
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    縲絏 / 缧绁
    纍紲 / 累绁
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi-siat
  - Tâi-lô: luî-siat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luisiad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³⁻³³ siɛt̚³²/

Noun

縲絏

(literary, historical) thick rope for trussing up prisoners
(literary, figurative) prison; jail
(literary, figurative) imprisonment; captivity

Derived terms

縲絏之苦 / 缧绁之苦
身陷縲絏 / 身陷缧绁
陷於縲絏 / 陷于缧绁