廉恥

See also: 廉耻 and 破廉恥

Chinese

		uncorrupt; inexpensive	shame; disgrace
trad. (廉恥)		廉	恥
simp. (廉耻)		廉	耻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁴ ci²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâm-thí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-chʻih³
    • Yale: lyán-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianchyy
    • Palladius: ляньчи (ljanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lim⁴ ci²
    • Yale: lìhm chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁴ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁴ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm-thí
    • Tâi-lô: liâm-thí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liamtie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³⁻²² tʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam²⁴⁻²² tʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljem trhiX

Rime
Character	廉	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力鹽切	敕里切
Baxter	ljem	trhiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm/	/ʈʰɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm/	/ʈʰɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm/	/ȶʰieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam/	/ʈʰɨX/
Li Rong	/liɛm/	/ȶʰiəX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm/	/ȶʰĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm/	/ȶʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	chǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim4	ci2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*(k-)rem  n̥rəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem  n̥ʰɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廉	恥
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lián	chǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljem ›	‹ trhiX ›
Old Chinese	/*(k-)rem/	/*n̥rəʔ/
English	frugal	shame; ashamed
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	廉	恥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6042	2780
Phonetic component	兼	耳
Rime group	談	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	廉	恥
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rem/	/*n̥ʰɯʔ/

Noun

廉恥

1. integrity and a sense of honour

Derived terms

• 勿要廉恥／勿要廉耻

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廉恥):

• → Japanese: 廉(れん)恥(ち) (renchi)
• → Korean: 렴치(廉恥) (ryeomchi), 염치(廉恥) (yeomchi)
• → Vietnamese: liêm sỉ (廉恥)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
廉	恥
れん Grade: S	ち Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

廉(れん)恥(ち) • (renchi) 

1. sense of honor, integrity

Korean

Hanja in this term
廉	恥

Proper noun

廉恥 • (yeomchi) (hangeul 염치)

1. Hanja form^? of 염치 (“sense of honour”).