娓娓

Chinese

		active; comply with	active; comply with
trad. (娓娓)		娓	娓
simp. #(娓娓)		娓	娓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiwěi [Phonetic: wéiwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiwěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-wei³
    • Yale: wěi-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiwoei
    • Palladius: вэйвэй (vɛjvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 唯唯 娓娓

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

      edit edit 娓娓 靡靡

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jX mj+jX

Rime
Character	娓
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無匪切
Baxter	mj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujX/
Li Rong	/miuəiX/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mwe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

Adjective

娓娓

1. (literary, ideophonic) persistent; tireless (especially of talking or explaining)

Derived terms

• 娓娓不倦
• 娓娓動聽／娓娓动听 (wěiwěidòngtīng)
• 娓娓而談／娓娓而谈
• 娓娓道來／娓娓道来