微臣

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (微臣)		微	臣
simp. #(微臣)		微	臣
Literally: “tiny official”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēichén, wéichén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēichén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weichén
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: wēi-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueichern
    • Palladius: вэйчэнь (vɛjčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéichén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéichén
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chʻên²
    • Yale: wéi-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichern
    • Palladius: вэйчэнь (vɛjčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: mèih sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ sɐn²¹/

Pronoun

微臣

1. (archaic) A first person pronoun employed by a public officer when speaking to the sovereign.

   • 微臣梁文秀恭請聖母皇太后金安，皇上聖安。 [MSC, trad.]
     微臣梁文秀恭请圣母皇太后金安，皇上圣安。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Wēichén Liáng Wénxiù gōngqǐng shèngmǔ huángtàihòu jīn'ān, huángshàng shèng'ān. [Pinyin]

     I, Liang Wenxiu, humbly wish Your Majesty the Empress Dowager the precious peace [and wish] Your Majesty [the Emperor] the holy ease.