陵谷

Chinese

 
mound; tomb; hill
mound; tomb; hill; mountain
valley
trad. (陵谷) 陵 谷
simp. #(陵谷) 陵 谷

Etymology

Figurative sense from the Shijing:

高岸為谷、深谷為陵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
高岸为谷、深谷为陵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Gāo'àn wéi gǔ, shēngǔ wéi líng. [Pinyin]
High banks become valleys;
Deep valleys become hills.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 陵 谷 谷 谷
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 見 (28) 來 (37) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133) 東 (3) 東 (3) 鍾 (8)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) III I I III
Fanqie 力膺切 古禄切 盧谷切 余蜀切
Baxter ling kuwk luwk yowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /jɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɨŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /jiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lieŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /iok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liŋ/ /kəwk̚/ /ləwk̚/ /juawk̚/
Li
Rong
/liəŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /iok̚/
Wang
Li
/lĭəŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /jĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯əŋ/ /kuk̚/ /luk̚/ /i̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng gu lù wù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 guk1 luk6 juk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陵 谷
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
líng gǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ ling › ‹ kuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]əŋ/ /*C.qˁok/
English mound, hill valley

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 陵 谷 谷 谷
Reading # 1/1 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8246 4298 4299 4310
Phonetic
component
夌 谷 谷 谷
Rime
group
蒸 屋 屋 屋
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
陵 禄 穀 欲
Old
Chinese
/*rɯŋ/ /*ɦkroːɡ/ /*kloːɡ/ /*ɡ·loːɡ/
Notes 見史記

Noun

陵谷

  1. hills and valleys
  2. mausoleum
    Synonym: 陵墓 (língmù)
  3. (literary, figuratively) the ruler and the subject switching places
  4. (literary, figuratively) great change
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