里正

Chinese

		li, a Chinese unit of length	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (里正)		里	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: li³-chêng⁴
    • Yale: lǐ-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liijenq
    • Palladius: личжэн (ličžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ zing³
    • Yale: léih jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ t͡sɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: liX tsyengH

Rime
Character	里	正
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	良士切	之盛切
Baxter	liX	tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨX/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨX/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/lieX/	/t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨX/	/ciajŋH/
Li Rong	/liəX/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/lĭəX/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liX/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei5	zing3

Noun

里正

1. (historical, archaic) head of the administrative unit li

   • 去時里正與裹頭，歸來頭白還戍邊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     去时里正与裹头，归来头白还戍边。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); modified from the translation by Stephen Owen

     Qù shí lǐzhèng yǔ guǒtóu, guīlái tóu bái huán shùbiān. [Pinyin]

     When they leave, the village headman help them put on their turbans; coming home, their hair is white, and then back to garrison the frontier.

Synonyms

• 里長 (lǐzhǎng)
• 里君