熹微

Chinese

		bright; warm	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
simp. and trad. (熹微)		熹	微

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīwēi, xīwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄨㄟ, ㄒㄧㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ mei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuei
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwei
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ mei⁴
  - Yale: hēi mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ mei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ méi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /hɨ mʉi/▼

Rime
Character	熹	微
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許其切	無非切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/mʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/mʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/miuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/muj/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/miuəi/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/mĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi/	/mwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	wéi

Adjective

熹微

(literary, of light, usually that of the early morning sun) dim

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