尉遲

Chinese

milit. official; to quiet late; delayed; slow
trad. (尉遲) 尉 遲
simp. (尉迟) 尉 迟

Etymology

Found as one of clans of Xianbei, as well as a surname of the king of Khotan. According to Li-yul lung-bstan-pa (ལི་ཡུལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་), retrieved from the Dunhuang manuscripts and translated in Chinese as Yü-t'ien-kuo Hsüan-chi (于闐國懸記), this surname is transliteration of Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 尉 遲
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 文 (60) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 紆物切 直尼切
Baxter 'jut drij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨut̚/ /ɖˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiut̚/ /ɖᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuət̚/ /ȡiɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔut̚/ /ɖji/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuət̚/ /ȡji/
Wang
Li
/ĭuət̚/ /ȡi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯uət̚/ /ȡʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yu chí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wat1 ci4

Proper noun

尉遲

  1. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尉遲):
  • → Japanese: 尉(うっ)遅(ち) (Utchi)
  • → Korean: 울지(尉遲) (Ulji)
  • → Vietnamese: Uất Trì (尉遲)
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