巍巍

Chinese

		high; lofty; towering high; lofty; towering; majestic	high; lofty; towering high; lofty; towering; majestic
trad. (巍巍)		巍	巍
simp. ^#(巍巍)		巍	巍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiwēi, wéiwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ ngai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēiwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weiwei
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-wei¹
  - Yale: wēi-wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiuei
  - Palladius: вэйвэй (vɛjvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    巍巍
    微微
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéiwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéiwéi
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-wei²
  - Yale: wéi-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiwei
  - Palladius: вэйвэй (vɛjvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    唯唯
    巍巍
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ ngai⁴
  - Yale: ngàih ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ŋʉi ŋʉi/

Rime
Character	巍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語韋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuj/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-qʰuj N-qʰuj/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋul ŋul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰuj/
English	high, majestic
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	巍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4691
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	巍
Old Chinese	/*ŋul/
Notes	嵬轉註字

Adjective

巍巍

towering; lofty

Derived terms

另巍巍
巍巍赫赫
巍巍蕩蕩／巍巍荡荡

顫巍巍／颤巍巍 (chànwēiwēi)
顫顫巍巍／颤颤巍巍 (chànchanwēiwēi)

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