紫微

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
trad. (紫微)		紫	微
simp. #(紫微)		紫	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwēi, zǐwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwei
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei¹
    • Yale: dž-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuei
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwéi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wei²
    • Yale: dž-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywei
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi² mei⁴
    • Yale: jí mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

紫微

1. (archaic, historical) palace of the emperor

Proper noun

紫微

1. (astronomy) Purple Forbidden enclosure

Derived terms

• 紫微垣 (Zǐwēiyuán)
• 紫微斗數 (zǐwēidǒushù)