絡繹

Chinese

		net-like; small net	continuous; explain; unravel
trad. (絡繹)		絡	繹
simp. (络绎)		络	绎
alternative forms		駱驛／骆驿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok³ jik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-ia̍k / lo̍k-e̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòyì
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: lwò-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohyih
    • Palladius: лои (loi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok³ jik⁶
    • Yale: lok yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log³ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: log'iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: log'ek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iɪk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lak yek

Rime
Character	絡	繹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧各切	羊益切
Baxter	lak	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	jik6

Adjective

絡繹

1. (literary) continuous; unending

   • 是時四夷朝賀，絡驛而至，天子乃命大會勞饗，賜以珍寶。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     是时四夷朝贺，络驿而至，天子乃命大会劳飨，赐以珍宝。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Shì shí sìyí cháohè, luòyì ér zhì, tiānzǐ nǎi mìng dàhuì láoxiǎng, cì yǐ zhēnbǎo. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 一連／一连 (yīlián)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 先後／先后 (xiānhòu)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷／勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接連／接连 (jiēlián)
• 接連不斷／接连不断 (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 沓沓 (Hokkien)
• 直透 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相繼／相继 (xiāngjì)
• 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 連／连
• 連紲／连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續／连续 (liánxù)
• 連連／连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續／陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸續續／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)

 

Derived terms

• 絡繹不絕／络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
• 絡繹於途／络绎于途