屋檐

屋檐

See also: 屋簷

Chinese

		house; room	eaves
trad. (屋檐/屋簷)		屋	檐/簷
simp. (屋檐)		屋	檐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): uk¹ jim⁴, uk¹ sim⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vuk-yàm
• Min Nan (POJ): ok-iâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wūyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: uk¹ jim⁴, uk¹ sim⁴
    • Yale: ūk yìhm, ūk sìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: uk⁷ jim⁴, uk⁷ sim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ug¹ yim⁴, ug¹ xim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊk̚⁵ jiːm²¹/, /ʊk̚⁵ siːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: vug` iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vug<sup>5</sup> yam<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² i̯am¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vuk-yàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: vug` (r)iamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vug⁵ yam²
    • Sinological IPA: /vuk̚² (j)i̯am¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-iâm
    • Tâi-lô: ok-iâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ok'iaam
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ iam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ iam¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iam²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔuk̚  jiᴇm/▼

Rime
Character	屋	檐
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏谷切	余廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuk̚/	/jiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuk̚/	/jiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuk̚/	/jæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwk̚/	/jiam/
Li Rong	/ʔuk̚/	/iɛm/
Wang Li	/uk̚/	/jĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuk̚/	/i̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wu	yán

Noun

屋檐

1. eaves

Synonyms

• 房檐 (fángyán)
• (Min Nan) 厝檐, 簾檐／帘檐, 厝檐口, 厝檐墘

Derived terms

屋檐鳥／屋檐鸟