僶俛

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Chinese

			exhort
trad. (僶俛)		僶	俛
simp. (𠊟俯)		𠊟	俯
alternative forms		僶勉／𠊟勉黽勉／黾勉黽俛／黾俯閔免／闵免閔勉／闵勉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐnmiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ min⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: min³-mien³
  - Yale: mǐn-myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinmean
  - Palladius: миньмянь (minʹmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁵ min⁵
  - Yale: máhn míhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ min⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ min⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ miːn¹³/

Middle Chinese: mjinX mjenX

Rime
Character	僶	俛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武盡切	亡辨切
Baxter	mjinX	mjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miɪn^X/	/mˠiᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/min^X/	/mᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjen^X/	/miæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/min^X/	/mian^X/
Li Rong	/miĕn^X/	/mjɛn^X/
Wang Li	/mĭĕn^X/	/mĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕn^X/	/mi̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐn	miǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man⁵	min⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mliŋʔ mronʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mrʔ/
English	bend the head
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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	僶	俛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9163	9069
Phonetic component	黽	免
Rime group	眞	元
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	泯	免
Old Chinese	/*mliŋʔ/	/*mronʔ/
Notes	見新書	注：俯俛

Verb

僶俛

(literary) to make an effort; to work hard; to be diligent

Synonyms

一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
不遺餘力 / 不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
儘力 / 尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力圖 / 力图 (lìtú)
力求 (lìqiú)
力爭 / 力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁 / 加劲 (jiājìn)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拍灘 / 拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攢勁 / 攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
極力 / 极力 (jílì)
殫力 / 殚力 (dānlì)
用力 (yònglì)
盡力 / 尽力 (jìnlì)
竭力 (jiélì)
竭盡全力 / 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
賣力 / 卖力 (màilì)
賣力氣 / 卖力气 (mài lìqi)

Noun

僶俛

(literary) moment; instant; a short amount of time

Adverb

僶俛

(literary) in a forced manner; against one's will

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