巍巍

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Chinese

high; lofty; towering
high; lofty; towering; majestic
 
high; lofty; towering
high; lofty; towering; majestic
 
trad. (巍巍)
simp. #(巍巍)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuj/
Li
Rong
/ŋiuəi/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wēi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-qʰuj/
English high, majestic

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4691
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋul/
Notes

Adjective

巍巍

  1. towering; lofty

Derived terms