凜遵

凜遵

Chinese

		shiver with cold or fear	to observe; to obey; to follow
trad. (凜遵)		凜	遵
simp. (凛遵)		凛	遵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐn zūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄗㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐn zūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐn zun
    • Wade–Giles: lin³ tsun¹
    • Yale: lǐn dzwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin tzuen
    • Palladius: линь цзунь (linʹ czunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡swən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁵ zeon¹
    • Yale: láhm jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³ t͡ʃɵn⁵⁵/

Phrase

凜遵

1. (Classical Chinese) tremble and obey (phrase used in decrees of the imperial era)
   • 1792, Qianlong Emperor, Letter to George III, translated in E. Backhouse and J. O. P. Bland, Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking (1914), page 331:

     勿謂言之不預也，其凜遵毋忽

     Wù wèi yán zhī bù yù yě, qí lǐn zūn wú hū

     Do not say that you were not warned in due time! Tremblingly obey and show no negligence!