# 爾雅
## Chinese

* 爾雅 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 爾雅 (Classical)
* 爾雅 (Cantonese)
* Erya (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Ěryǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^5$ ngaa$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ní-ngá
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Ěryǎ [Phonetic: éryǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Ěryǎ
*** Wade–Giles: Êrh$^3$-ya$^3$
*** Yale: Ěr-yǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Eelyea
*** Palladius: Эря (Erja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^5$ ngaa$^5$
*** Yale: yíh ngáh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^5$ ngaa$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^5$ nga$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː¹³ ŋaː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ní-ngá
*** Tâi-lô: Ní-ngá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nyngar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: nyeX ngaeX
Rime :
| Character | 爾 | 雅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 兒氏切 | 五下切 |
| Baxter | nyeX | ngaeX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇ$^X$/ | /ŋˠa$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛ$^X$/ | /ŋᵚa$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjɛ$^X$/ | /ŋa$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiə̆$^X$/ | /ŋaɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵie$^X$/ | /ŋa$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑǐe$^X$/ | /ŋa$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑie̯$^X$/ | /ŋa$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ěr | yǎ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^5$ | ngaa$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə][r]ʔ N-ɢˤraʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njelʔ ŋraːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 爾 | 爾 | 雅 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ěr | ěr | yǎ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nye$^X$ › | ‹ nye$^X$ › | ‹ ngæ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*n[ə][r]ʔ/ | /*n[ə][r]ʔ/ | /*N-ɢˁraʔ/ |
| English | (adv. suffix) | you(r) | proper, refined |
| 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 | 爾 | 雅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2817 | 14182 |
| Phonetic component | 爾 | 牙 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 爾 | 雅 |
| Old Chinese | /*njelʔ/ | /*ŋraːʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文尒聲，甲金文象檷初文， 取林義光說 | |

### Proper noun

爾雅
* Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)

### Adjective

爾雅
* (literary) standard; correct
* (literary) upright; righteous
* (literary) elegant; gentle; refined; cultured

#### Derived terms

* 溫文爾雅／温文尔雅 (wēnwén'ěryǎ)
* 爾雅溫文／尔雅温文
* 雍容爾雅
* 風流爾雅／风流尔雅

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 爾 | 雅 |
| じ Jinmeiyō | が Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʑiɡa̠]

### Proper noun

爾(じ)雅(が) • (Jiga)
* Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 爾 | 雅 |

### Proper noun

爾雅 • (Ia) (hangeul 이아)
* hanja form of 이아 (“Erya”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 爾 | 雅 |

### Proper noun

爾雅
* chữ Hán form of Nhĩ Nhã (“Erya”).