# 鯪鯉
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): línglǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ling$^4$ lei$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): là-lī / lìng-lī
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâ-lî / lâ-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lah$^8$ li$^2$ / lêng$^5$ li$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: línglǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: línglǐ
*** Wade–Giles: ling$^2$-li$^3$
*** Yale: líng-lǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linglii
*** Palladius: линли (linli)
*** Sinological IPA : /liŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ling$^4$ lei$^5$
*** Yale: lìhng léih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ling$^4$ lei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ling$^4$ léi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɪŋ²¹ lei̯¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: là-lī / lìng-lī
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃a⁵³⁻³³ l̃i³³/, /l̃iŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(l-)}$nˡi³³/
* là-lī - colloquial;
* lìng-lī - literary.
* Middle Chinese: ling liX
Rime :
| Character | 鯪 | 鯉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 力膺切 | 良士切 |
| Baxter | ling | liX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨŋ/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɨŋ/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lieŋ/ | /lie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liŋ/ | /lɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /liəŋ/ | /liə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭəŋ/ | /lĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯əŋ/ | /li$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | líng | lǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ling$^4$ | lei$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rɯŋ rɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鯉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ li$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-rəʔ/ |
| English | carp (n.) |
| 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 | 鯪 | 鯉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8248 | 7828 |
| Phonetic component | 夌 | 里 |
| Rime group | 蒸 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陵 | 里 |
| Old Chinese | /*rɯŋ/ | /*rɯʔ/ |

### Noun

鯪鯉
* pangolin

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鯪鯉, 龍鯉 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 穿山甲, 鯪鯉 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 穿山甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 穿山甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 穿山甲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 穿山甲 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鑽山甲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 穿山甲, 關穿 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鱗鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 過山甲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 甲鱗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 穿山甲, 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 鱗鯉 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 鱗甲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鰱鯉 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 鰱鯉 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鯪鯉甲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 鯪鯉 |
| Eastern Min | Sibu (Minqing) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鯪鯉, 步山虎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 羅鯉鱗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鱗鯉鱗 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鯪鯉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鯪鯉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 穿山甲 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 山裡魚 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 甲蟲 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 鱗甲 |