亹亹

亹亹

Chinese

		resolute	resolute
simp. and trad. (亹亹)		亹	亹

Etymology

Related to 娓娓.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wěiwěi [Phonetic: wéiwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiwoei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 唯唯 娓娓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁵
    • Yale: méih méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ méi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 娓娓 靡靡

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• Middle Chinese: /mʉi^X  mʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	亹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無匪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujX/
Li Rong	/miuəiX/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mərʔ  mərʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯlʔ  mɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亹
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨjX ›
Old Chinese	/*mərʔ/
English	diligent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	亹
Reading #	1/2
No.	13853
Phonetic component	釁
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尾
Old Chinese	/*mɯlʔ/

Adjective

亹亹

1. (literary, ideophonic) diligent; industrious; assiduous
2. (literary, ideophonic) going forward; pressing forward
3. (literary, ideophonic, of water) flowing
4. (literary, ideophonic, of poem, article, discussion, etc.) interesting; appealing; attractive
5. (literary, ideophonic) unending; relentless
6. (literary, ideophonic) obedient; compliant
7. (literary, ideophonic) wonderful; magnificent

Derived terms

亹亹不倦 亹亹不厭／亹亹不厌

亹亹穆穆