雲梯

See also: 云梯

Chinese

cloud; (abbr.) for Yunnan; surname ladder
trad. (雲梯)
simp. (云梯)
Literally: “cloud ladder”.

Etymology

Alluding to the length of the ladder.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (35) (6)
Final () (59) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter hjun thej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/ /tʰei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/ /tʰei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/ /tʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/ /tʰɛj/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/ /tʰei/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/ /tʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/ /tʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wan4 tai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yún
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjun › ‹ thej ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/ /*l̥ˁ[ə]j/
English cloud stairs

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. 16358 2279
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/ /*tʰiːl/

Noun

雲梯

  1. aerial ladder
  2. scaling ladder

Derived terms

  • 登雲梯登云梯
  • 雲梯車云梯车

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雲梯):
  • Japanese: 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うん
Grade: 2
てい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

(うん)(てい) (untei) 

  1. scaling ladder
  2. overhead ladder, horizontal ladder
  3. monkey bars (playground equipment)
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