阿諛

See also: 阿谀

Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
flatter
trad. (阿諛)
simp. (阿谀)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (94) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'a yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Wang
Li
/ /jĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1 jyu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
ē ē
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔa › ‹ ʔa › ‹ yu ›
Old
Chinese
/*qˁa[j]/ /*ʔˁa/ (< *qˁaj) /*[ɢ](r)o/
English slope, river bank 阿會亘 ēhuìxuān: Skt. ābhāsvara “shining” (E. Hàn) flatter (v.)

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7468 15825
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qaːl/ /*lo/

Verb

阿諛

  1. (literary) to flatter; to toady

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 阿諛取容 / 阿谀取容
  • 阿諛奉承 / 阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng)
  • 阿諛諂媚 / 阿谀谄媚
  • 阿諛趨奉 / 阿谀趋奉
  • 阿諛逢迎 / 阿谀逢迎
  • 阿諛順意 / 阿谀顺意
  • 阿諛順旨 / 阿谀顺旨

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (ayu

  1. flattery

Verb

()()する • (ayu suruintransitive suru (stem ()() (ayu shi), past ()()した (ayu shita))

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

阿諛 • (ayu) (hangeul 아유)

  1. hanja form? of 아유 (flattery)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

阿諛

  1. chữ Nôm form of a dua (flattery)

Verb

阿諛

  1. chữ Nôm form of a dua (to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others))