帷幄

Chinese

		curtain; screen	tent
simp. and trad. (帷幄)		帷	幄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéiwò

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ ak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéiwò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéiwò
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-wo⁴
    • Yale: wéi-wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weiwoh
    • Palladius: вэйво (vɛjvo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ wɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ ak¹
    • Yale: wàih āk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ ak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ eg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ ɐk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwij 'aewk

Rime
Character	帷	幄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	洧悲切	於角切
Baxter	hwij	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuɪ/	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚi/	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɪ/	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwi/	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣjui/	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣwi/	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wi/	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷril  qroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	帷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ hwij ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷrij/
English	curtain
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	帷	幄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12861	13067
Phonetic component	唯	屋
Rime group	脂	屋
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	帷	渥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷril/	/*qroːɡ/
Notes	古文從匚韋聲

Noun

帷幄

1. (literary) army tent

Derived terms

• 坐籌帷幄 / 坐筹帷幄
• 謀謨帷幄 / 谋谟帷幄
• 運籌帷幄 / 运筹帷幄 (yùnchóuwéiwò)
• 運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外 / 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外