# 雲梯
## Chinese
### Etymology

Alluding to the length of the ladder.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yúntī
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^4$ tai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hûn-thui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hung$^5$ tui$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúntī
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ ㄊㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúnti
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^2$-tʻi$^1$
*** Yale: yún-tī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunti
*** Palladius: юньти (junʹti)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn³⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^4$ tai$^1$
*** Yale: wàhn tāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^4$ tai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^4$ tei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn²¹ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn-thui
*** Tâi-lô: hûn-thui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huntuy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun²⁴⁻²² tʰui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²³⁻³³ tʰui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hung$^5$ tui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hûng thui
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tʰui³³/
* Middle Chinese: hjun thej
Rime :
| Character | 雲 | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 王分切 | 土雞切 |
| Baxter | hjun | thej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨun/ | /tʰei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiun/ | /tʰei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuən/ | /tʰɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦun/ | /tʰɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuən/ | /tʰei/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭuən/ | /tʰiei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯uən/ | /tʰiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yún | tī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^4$ | tai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n] l̥ˤ[ə]j/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun tʰiːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 雲 | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yún | tī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjun › | ‹ thej › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/ | /*l̥ˁ[ə]j/ |
| English | cloud | stairs |
| 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 | 雲 | 梯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 16358 | 2279 |
| Phonetic component | 云 | 弟 |
| Rime group | 文 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雲 | 梯 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢun/ | /*tʰiːl/ |

### Noun

雲梯
* aerial ladder
* scaling ladder
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Suī rán, Gōngshū Bān wèi wǒ wéi yúntī, bì qǔ Sòng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 登雲梯／登云梯
* 雲梯車／云梯车

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 雲梯(うんてい) (untei)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 雲 | 梯 |
| うん Grade: 2 | てい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

雲(うん)梯(てい) • (untei)
* scaling ladder
* overhead ladder, horizontal ladder
* monkey bars (playground equipment)