耶律

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (耶律)		耶	律
simp. #(耶律)		耶	律

Etymology

Borrowed from Khitan .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yēlǜ, Yélǜ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝ ㄌㄩˋ, ㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yēlǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yelyù
    • Wade–Giles: yeh¹-lü⁴
    • Yale: yē-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ieliuh
    • Palladius: елюй (jeljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵⁵ ly⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yélǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yélyù
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-lü⁴
    • Yale: yé-lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeliuh
    • Palladius: елюй (jeljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ leot⁶
    • Yale: yèh leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ lɵt̚²/

Proper noun

耶律

1. a surname

   耶律阿保機／耶律阿保机  ―  Yēlǜ Ābǎojī  ―  Yelü Abaoji (Emperor Taizu of Liao)