霏微

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Chinese

fall of snow
tiny; minute; clandestine
tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
 
trad. (霏微)
simp. #(霏微)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (2) (4)
Final () (21) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter phj+j mj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰʉi/ /mʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰʷɨi/ /mʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰiuəi/ /miuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰuj/ /muj/
Li
Rong
/pʰiuəi/ /miuəi/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭwəi/ /mĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰwe̯i/ /mwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fēi wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fei1 mei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wēi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*məj/
English small

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 1/1
No. 3095 12801
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰɯl/ /*mɯl/

Adjective

霏微

  1. (literary, ideophonic, of fog, drizzle, etc.) filling the air; permeating; hazy