絡緯

絡緯

Chinese

		net-like; small net	latitude
trad. (絡緯)		絡	緯
simp. (络纬)		络	纬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok³ wai⁵, lok⁶ wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: luòwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohwoei
    • IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok³ wai⁵, lok⁶ wai⁵
    • Yale: lok wáih, lohk wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ wai⁵, lok⁹ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: log³ wei⁵, log⁶ wei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³ wɐi̯¹³/, /lɔːk̚² wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑk̚  ɦʉi^H/▼

Rime
Character	絡	緯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧各切	于貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	wèi

Noun

絡緯

1. (literary) katydid (Mecopoda elongata)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紡織娘 (“katydid (Mecopoda elongata)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		莎雞, 絡緯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紡織娘
Taxonomic name		紡織娘
Mandarin	Wuhan	紡線婆
	Yangzhou	紡織娘子
	Nanjing	紡造婆, 紡紗婆
Gan	Nanchang	紡線子
	Pingxiang	紡機婆仔, 紡機婆
Huizhou	Jixi	紡織娘
Min Nan	Xiamen	草雞
Wu	Shanghai	紡織娘, 織布娘
	Suzhou	紡織娘
	Wenzhou	紡車踏
	Chongming	紡織娘娘
	Danyang	織機娘娘
	Ningbo	織績蟲, 借借蟲
Xiang	Changsha	紡紗婆