壁立

Chinese

		wall; rampart	set up; to stand
simp. and trad. (壁立)		壁	立

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìlì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ laap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìlì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: bì-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihlih
  - Palladius: били (bili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    壁立
    篳篥／筚篥
    薜荔
    觱栗
    觱篥
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ laap⁶
  - Yale: bīk laahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ laap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ lab⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ laːp̚²/

Adjective

壁立

(chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.) sheer (very steep)

Synonyms

Synonyms of 壁立

岢峨 (kě'é) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
岢峻 (kějùn) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
峭 (qiào) (in compounds only)
峻峭 (jùnqiào) (of a mountain, high and steep)
崎 (qí) (literary or Min Nan)
崒 (zú) (literary)
嶜崟 (jīnyín) (dangerously steep)
巀嶭 (jiéniè) (of mountains, high, lofty, and steep)
巉岩 (chányán) (literary)

巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
陡 (dǒu)
陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
陡直 (dǒuzhí)
高峻 (gāojùn) (of a mountain, high and steep)
嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín) (literary, dangerously steep)
筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn) (dangerously steep)

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