武威

Chinese

		martial; military	power; might; prestige
trad. (武威)		武	威
simp. #(武威)		武	威
anagram		威武

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔwei
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-wei¹
    • Yale: Wǔ-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuuei
    • Palladius: Увэй (Uvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ wai¹
    • Yale: móuh wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX 'jw+j

Rime
Character	武	威
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	於非切
Baxter	mjuX	'jw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/	/ʔʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/	/ʔʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/	/ʔiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/	/ʔuj/
Li Rong	/mioX/	/ʔiuəi/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/	/ĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/	/ʔwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5	wai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aʔ  ʔuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maʔ  qul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	武	威
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ mjuX ›	‹ ʔjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)aʔ/	/*ʔuj/
English	military	awe-inspiring
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	武	威
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13184	12789
Phonetic component	武	威
Rime group	魚	微
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	武	威
Old Chinese	/*maʔ/	/*qul/

Proper noun

武威

1. (～市) Wuwei (a prefecture-level city in Gansu, China)
2. (historical) (～郡) Wuwei (an ancient commandery in modern Gansu, China)