熹微

Chinese

		bright; warm	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
trad. (熹微)		熹	微
simp. #(熹微)		熹	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīwēi, xīwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄨㄟ, ㄒㄧ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siwei
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-wei¹
    • Yale: syī-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuei
    • Palladius: сивэй (sivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siwéi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-wei²
    • Yale: syī-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwei
    • Palladius: сивэй (sivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: hēi mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xi mj+j

Rime
Character	熹	微
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許其切	無非切
Baxter	xi	mj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ/	/mʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ/	/mʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xie/	/miuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ/	/muj/
Li Rong	/xiə/	/miuəi/
Wang Li	/xĭə/	/mĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi/	/mwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	mei4

Adjective

熹微

1. (literary, of light, usually that of the early morning sun) dim