祁連

See also: 祁连

Chinese

		surname	even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively
trad. (祁連)		祁	連
simp. (祁连)		祁	连

Etymology

Qilian is said to be as a Xiongnu word meaning "sky" according to Yan Shigu, a Tang Dynasty commentator on the Hanshu.

祁連山即天山也，匈奴呼天為祁連 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

祁连山即天山也，匈奴呼天为祁连 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Qílián Shān jí tiānshān yě, Xiōngnú hū tiān wèi qílián [Pinyin]

Qilian Mountain means 'Sky Mountain', the Xiongnu called the sky 'qilian'

Further etymology uncertain:

Chen (1998) proposes cognation with 天 (OC *hlin) and 赫連 (OC *khak-lian), transcriptions of a Xiongnu word for "sky", which he also relates to 昊天 (OC *g'ôg-hlin);
Schuessler (2014) objects to Yan Shigu's statement that 祁連 was a Xiongnu word; he reconstructs 祁連's pronunciation around 121 BCE as *gɨ-lian and thinks that 乾 (OC *gran) (> QYS *gjän) "looks like the same etymon".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qílián

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ lin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qílián
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cílián
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻi²-lien²
  - Yale: Chí-lyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyilian
  - Palladius: Цилянь (Ciljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ lin⁴
  - Yale: kèih lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ lin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ liːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: gjij|tsyijX ljen

Rime
Character	祁	祁	連
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	章 (23)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	脂 (17)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	渠脂切	職雉切	力延切
Baxter	gjij	tsyijX	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪ/	/t͡ɕˠiɪ^X/	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡi/	/t͡ɕᵚi^X/	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɪ/	/t͡ɕiɪ^X/	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gi/	/cji^X/	/lian/
Li Rong	/ɡi/	/t͡ɕji^X/	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/ɡi/	/t͡ɕi^X/	/lĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/	/t͡ɕi^X/	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	zhǐ	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	zi²	lin⁴

Proper noun

祁連

(～山) Qilian Mountains
(～縣) Qilian (a county of Haibei, Qinghai, China)

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