委蛇

委蛇

Chinese

			snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (委蛇)		委	蛇
variant forms		蜲蛇 逶夷 逶迤 逶迆 逶蛇 蜲蛇 逶夷 逶迤 逶迆 逶蛇 逶移 委佗 委它 委移 委他 威夷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wēiyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyi
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 委蛇 威儀／威仪 逶迤

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁴
    • Yale: wāi yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 委蛇 威儀／威仪

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ  jiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	弋支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/jiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/jiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/jɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/jiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ie/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/jǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	yí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)oj  laj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrol  lal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwe ›	‹ ye ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)oj/	/*laj/
English	委蛇 compliant, complaisant	委蛇 compliant, complacent
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	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	3/3
No.	12901	12236
Phonetic component	委	它
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	逶	移
Old Chinese	/*qrol/	/*lal/
Notes	小徐禾聲

Adjective

委蛇

1. (literary, ideophonic) calm and contented; leisurely; graceful
2. (literary, ideophonic) winding and continuous; wriggling; zigzagging; meandering
3. (literary, ideophonic) winding one's way through; moving in a zigzag manner
4. (literary, ideophonic) acceding; complying; complaisant

Derived terms

委委蛇蛇 禮度委蛇／礼度委蛇 虛為委蛇／虚为委蛇

虛與委蛇／虚与委蛇 (xūyǔwēiyí) 退食委蛇