利刃

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	edge of blade
trad. (利刃)		利	刃
simp. #(利刃)		利	刃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ jan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìrèn
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: lì-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihrenn
    • Palladius: лижэнь (ližɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ jan⁶
    • Yale: leih yahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ jan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ yen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² jɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lijH nyinH

Rime
Character	利	刃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力至切	而振切
Baxter	lijH	nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪH/	/ȵiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/liH/	/ȵinH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪH/	/ȵʑjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liH/	/ȵinH/
Li Rong	/liH/	/ȵiĕnH/
Wang Li	/liH/	/ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/liH/	/ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	rèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei6	jan6

Noun

利刃

1. sharp blade; sharp edge
2. (by extension) sharp knife; sharp sword