# 縣令
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiànlìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiànlìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siànlìng
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-ling$^4$
*** Yale: syàn-lìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannlinq
*** Palladius: сяньлин (sjanʹlin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$縣令／县令 限令
* Middle Chinese: hwenH ljengH
Rime :
| Character | 縣 | 令 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 4/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 黃練切 | 力政切 |
| Baxter | hwenH | ljengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwen$^H$/ | /liᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷen$^H$/ | /liɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛn$^H$/ | /liæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛn$^H$/ | /liajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuen$^H$/ | /liɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwen$^H$/ | /lĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiwen$^H$/ | /li̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuàn | lìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^6$ | ling$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ʷˤe[n]-s riŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːns reŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 縣 | 令 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàn | lìng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwen$^H$ › | ‹ ljeng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.[ɡ]ʷˁe[n]-s/ | /*riŋ-s/ |
| English | district | issue a command |
| 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 | 縣 | 令 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 3/5 |
| No. | 13578 | 8284 |
| Phonetic component | 縣 | 令 |
| Rime group | 元 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 令 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːns/ | /*reŋs/ |

#### Noun

縣令
* (historical) head of a county; county magistrate

##### Synonyms

* 縣長／县长 (xiànzhǎng)
* (historical) 知縣／知县 (zhīxiàn)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuánlìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuánlìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuánlìng
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^2$-ling$^4$
*** Yale: sywán-lìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanlinq
*** Palladius: сюаньлин (sjuanʹlin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ liŋ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: hwen ljeng|ljengH|lengH
Rime :
| Character | 縣 | 令 | 令 | 令 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (86) | 清 (121) | 清 (121) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡涓切 | 呂貞切 | 力政切 | 郎定切 |
| Baxter | hwen | ljeng | ljengH | lengH |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwen/ | /liᴇŋ/ | /liᴇŋ$^H$/ | /leŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷen/ | /liɛŋ/ | /liɛŋ$^H$/ | /leŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛn/ | /liæŋ/ | /liæŋ$^H$/ | /lɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛn/ | /liajŋ/ | /liajŋ$^H$/ | /lɛjŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuen/ | /liɛŋ/ | /liɛŋ$^H$/ | /leŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwen/ | /lĭɛŋ/ | /lĭɛŋ$^H$/ | /lieŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiwen/ | /li̯ɛŋ/ | /li̯ɛŋ$^H$/ | /lieŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuán | líng | lìng | lìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ | ling$^4$ | ling$^6$ | ling$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷˤe[n] riŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeːn reŋ|reŋs|reːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 縣 | 令 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuán | lìng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwen › | ‹ ljeng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ʷˁe[n]/ | /*riŋ-s/ |
| English | suspend | issue a command |
| 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 | 縣 | 令 | 令 | 令 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 |
| No. | 13576 | 8277 | 8284 | 8332 |
| Phonetic component | 縣 | 令 | 令 | 令 |
| Rime group | 元 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 玄 | 跉 | 令 | 零 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeːn/ | /*reŋ/ | /*reŋs/ | /*reːŋs/ |

#### Noun

縣令
* good reputation; fame
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Shì xiǎoshuō yǐ gān xuánlìng, qí yú dàdá yì yuǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]
    Those who dress up their small tales to obtain favour with the magistrates are far from being men of great understanding