陵夷

Chinese

		mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
trad. (陵夷)		陵	夷
simp. ^#(陵夷)		陵	夷
alternative forms		淩夷／凌夷
anagram		夷陵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língyí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língyí
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-i²
  - Yale: líng-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingyi
  - Palladius: линъи (linʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ i³⁵/

Verb

陵夷

(literary) to change from prosperity to failure; to deteriorate; to decline; to slump

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陵	夷
りょう Grade: S	い Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

陵(りょう)夷(い) • (ryōi)

(literary) hills and plains
(literary) the gradual flattening out of the hills
(literary) the gradual decline of things

Verb

陵(りょう)夷(い)する • (ryōi suru) suru (stem 陵(りょう)夷(い)し (ryōi shi), past 陵(りょう)夷(い)した (ryōi shita))

(literary) to lower and flatten
(literary) to decline