丘陵

Chinese

		mound; hill; Confucius mound; hill; Confucius; given name	mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain
trad. (丘陵)		丘	陵
simp. #(丘陵)		丘	陵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ ling⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiu-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiūlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cioulíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹-ling²
    • Yale: chyōu-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouling
    • Palladius: цюлин (cjulin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: yāu lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 丘陵 幽靈／幽灵

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiu-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: khiu-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiuleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiu³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuw ling

Rime
Character	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去鳩切	力膺切
Baxter	khjuw	ling
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨu/	/lɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiu/	/lɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəu/	/lieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuw/	/liŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰiu/	/liəŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəu/	/lĭəŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/	/li̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰə  [r]əŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ  rɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiū	líng
Middle Chinese	‹ khjuw ›	‹ ling ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰə/	/*[r]əŋ/
English	hill, mound	mound, hill
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	丘	陵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10523	8246
Phonetic component	丘	夌
Rime group	之	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	丘	陵
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷɯ/	/*rɯŋ/

Noun

丘陵

1. continuous stretch of hills

   丘陵起伏  ―  qiūlíng qǐfú  ―  a chain of undulating hills

   丘陵地帶／丘陵地带  ―  qiūlíng dìdài  ―  hilly land

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (丘陵):

• → Japanese: 丘陵(きゅうりょう) (kyūryō)
• → Korean: 구릉(丘陵) (gureung)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丘	陵
きゅう Grade: S	りょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうりょー [kyùúryóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

丘(きゅう)陵(りょう) • (kyūryō) ^{←きうりよう (kiuryou)?}

1. hill

Synonyms

• 丘(おか) (oka)

Korean

Hanja in this term
丘	陵

Noun

丘陵 • (gureung) (hangeul 구릉)

1. Hanja form^? of 구릉 (“hill”).