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): ㄨㄟ ㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄨㄟ
    • 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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  • (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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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjw+j ngjw+j

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
Baxter	ngjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuj/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəi/
Bernhard 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

1. towering; lofty

Derived terms

• 另巍巍
• 巍巍蕩蕩 / 巍巍荡荡
• 巍巍赫赫
• 顫巍巍 / 颤巍巍
• 顫顫巍巍 / 颤颤巍巍