# 良知
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liángzhī
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄓ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^4$ zi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liông-ti / liâng-ti
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^5$ zai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liángzhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liángjhih
*** Wade–Giles: liang$^2$-chih$^1$
*** Yale: lyáng-jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangjy
*** Palladius: лянчжи (ljančži)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^4$ zi$^1$
*** Yale: lèuhng jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^4$ dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^4$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-ti
*** Tâi-lô: liông-ti
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liongdy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ti³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-ti
*** Tâi-lô: liâng-ti
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liangdy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liang$^5$ zai$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng tsai
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sai³³/
* Middle Chinese: ljang trje
Rime :
| Character | 良 | 知 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 呂章切 | 陟移切 |
| Baxter | ljang | trje |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨɐŋ/ | /ʈiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɐŋ/ | /ʈiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɑŋ/ | /ȶjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨaŋ/ | /ʈiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /liaŋ/ | /ȶie/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭaŋ/ | /ȶǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯aŋ/ | /ȶie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáng | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | loeng$^4$ | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ tre/
    (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ ʔl'e/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 良 | 知 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | liáng | zhī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljang › | ‹ trje › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]aŋ/ | /*tre/ |
| English | good | know |
| 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 | 良 | 知 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8046 | 11495 |
| Phonetic component | 良 | 矢 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | |
| Old Chinese | /*raŋ/ | /*ʔl'e/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文， 王侍從常在廊， 遂稱之良或郎得貴官義 | 沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲 |

### Noun

良知
* innate sense of right and wrong; innate knowledge; conscience
    喚醒人們的良知／唤醒人们的良知 ― huànxǐng rénmen de liángzhī ― to awaken the conscience of people
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Rén zhī suǒ bù xué ér néng zhě, qí liángnéng yě. Suǒ bù lǜ ér zhī zhě, qí liángzhī yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) bosom friend
    From: 423, Xie Lingyun, 《遊南亭》
    Wǒ zhì shéi yǔ liàng? Shǎngxīn wéi liángzhī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (conscience):
* 人心 (rénxīn)
* 人性 (rénxìng)
* 天良 (tiānliáng)
* 本心 (běnxīn)
* 良心 (liángxīn)
* 靈魂／灵魂 (línghún)
* (bosom friend):
* 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
* 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
* 執友／执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
* 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
* 相知 (xiāngzhī)
* 知交 (zhījiāo)
* 知友 (zhīyǒu)
* 知己 (zhījǐ)
* 知心 (zhīxīn)
* 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
* 知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
* 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
* 知音 (zhīyīn)
* 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
* 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
* 齒輪／齿轮 (ci$^3$ nen$^2$) (Sichuanese)

#### Derived terms

* 良知良能

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 량지(良知) (ryangji), 양지(良知) (yangji)
* → Vietnamese: lương tri (良知)