霏微
Chinese
fall of snow | tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite | ||
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simp. and trad. (霏微) | 霏 | 微 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): fēiwēi, fēiwéi
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟ, ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fei1 mei4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Pinyin: fēiwēi
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiuei
- IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)+
- Pinyin: fēiwéi
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiwei
- IPA (key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fei1 mei4
- Yale: fēi mèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: fei1 mei4
- Guangdong Romanization: féi1 méi4
- IPA (key): /fei̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Middle Chinese: /pʰʉi mʉi/▼
Rime | ||
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Character | 霏 | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 明 (4) |
Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 微 (21) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
Division (等) | III | III |
Fanqie | 芳非切 | 無非切 |
Reconstructions | ||
Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉi/ | /mʉi/ |
Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɨi/ | /mʷɨi/ |
Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuəi/ | /miuəi/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuj/ | /muj/ |
Li Rong | /pʰiuəi/ | /miuəi/ |
Wang Li | /pʰĭwəi/ | /mĭwəi/ |
Bernard Karlgren | /pʰwe̯i/ | /mwe̯i/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēi | wéi |
- Old Chinese▼
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯl mɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wēi |
Middle Chinese | ‹ mjɨj › |
Old Chinese | /*məj/ |
English | small |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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Character | 霏 | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
No. | 3095 | 12801 |
Phonetic component | 非 | 微 |
Rime group | 微 | 微 |
Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
Corresponding MC rime | 霏 | 微 |
Old Chinese | /*pʰɯl/ | /*mɯl/ |
Adjective
霏微
- (literary, ideophonic, of fog, drizzle, etc.) filling the air; permeating; hazy