微塵

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See also: 微尘

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	dust; dirt; earth
trad. (微塵)		微	塵
simp. (微尘)		微	尘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēichén, wéichén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ can⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēichén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weichén
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-chʻên²
  - Yale: wēi-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueichern
  - Palladius: вэйчэнь (vɛjčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微塵／微尘
    微臣
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéichén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéichén
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-chʻên²
  - Yale: wéi-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichern
  - Palladius: вэйчэнь (vɛjčɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微塵／微尘
    微臣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ can⁴
  - Yale: mèih chàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ tsan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ cen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn²¹/

Noun

微塵

(Buddhism) minutest particle of matter

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgai
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みじん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

微(み)塵(じん) • (mijin) ^{←みぢん (midin)^?}

small piece, particle, fragment
(chiefly in the negative) small amount

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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