翰飛

Chinese

		pen	to fly
trad. (翰飛)		翰	飛
simp. (翰飞)		翰	飞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄈㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànfei
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: hàn-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannfei
    • Palladius: ханьфэй (xanʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hanH pj+j

Rime
Character	翰	飛
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	侯旰切	甫微切
Baxter	hanH	pj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑnH/	/pʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑnH/	/pʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑnH/	/piuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦanH/	/puj/
Li Rong	/ɣɑnH/	/piuəi/
Wang Li	/ɣɑnH/	/pĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑnH/	/pwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn	fēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon6	fei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤar-s  Cə.pə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːns  pɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翰	飛
Reading #	3/4	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hàn	fēi
Middle Chinese	‹ hanH ›	‹ pjɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁar-s/	/*Cə.pə[r]/ (dialect: *-r > *-j)
English	high	fly (v.)
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	翰	飛
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	3705	3115
Phonetic component	倝	飛
Rime group	元	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	翰	猆
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːns/	/*pɯl/

Verb

翰飛

1. (Classical) to soar; to fly high

   • 宛彼鳴鳩，翰飛戾天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宛彼鸣鸠，翰飞戾天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǎn bǐ míngjiū, hànfēi lìtiān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 高飛／高飞 (gāofēi)
• (Classical Chinese) 淩厲／凌厉 (línglì)

Derived terms

• 翰飛戾天 / 翰飞戾天