媕娿

Chinese

		girl in love; undecided
trad. (媕娿)		媕	娿
simp. #(媕娿)		媕	娿
alternative forms		媕婀 媕妸 媕阿

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ān'ē

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān'ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an-e
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-o¹
    • Yale: ān-ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ane
    • Palladius: аньэ (anʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'om 'a

Rime
Character	媕	娿
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏含切	烏何切
Baxter	'om	'a
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌm/	/ʔɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəm/	/ʔɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒm/	/ʔɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəm/	/ʔa/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀm/	/ʔɑ/
Wang Li	/ɒm/	/ɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔăm/	/ʔɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ān	ē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	am1	o1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːm|qɯːm  qaːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媕	媕	娿
Reading #	1/5	3/5	1/2
No.	4941	14365	7472
Phonetic component	合	弇	可
Rime group	侵	侵	歌
Rime subdivision	3	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	諳	諳	阿
Old Chinese	/*quːm/	/*qɯːm/	/*qaːl/

Adjective

媕娿

1. (literary) indecisive; hesitant