遼遠

Chinese

		Liaoning; name of a dynasty	far; distant; remote
trad. (遼遠)		遼	遠
simp. (辽远)		辽	远

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáoyuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ jyun⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-oán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáoyuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáoyuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: liao²-yüan³
  - Yale: lyáu-ywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauyeuan
  - Palladius: ляоюань (ljaojuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ jyun⁵
  - Yale: lìuh yúhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ jyn⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ yun⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-oán
  - Tâi-lô: liâu-uán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau'oarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² uan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ uan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ uan⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: lew hjwonX

Rime
Character	遼	遠
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	雲阮切
Baxter	lew	hjwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/ɦʉɐn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/ɦʷiɐn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/ɣiuɐn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/ɦuan^X/
Li Rong	/leu/	/ɣiuɐn^X/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/ɣĭwɐn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/i̯wɐn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	yuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴	jyun⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːw ɢʷanʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwon^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢʷanʔ/
English	far
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遼	遠
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	8090	16226
Phonetic component	尞	袁
Rime group	宵	元
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	聊	遠
Old Chinese	/*reːw/	/*ɢʷanʔ/

Adjective

遼遠

distant; faraway

Synonyms

偏僻 (piānpì)
偏遠 / 偏远 (piānyuǎn)
僻遠 / 僻远 (Hokkien)
絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary)
蔽塞 (bìsè)
迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
迢遙 / 迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
遙遠 / 遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
邊遠 / 边远 (biānyuǎn)
閉塞 / 闭塞 (bìsè)