靡靡

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Chinese

extravagant; go with fashion; not
extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
 
extravagant; go with fashion; not
extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
 
trad. (靡靡)
simp. #(靡靡)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiə̆X/
Li
Rong
/mjeX/
Wang
Li
/mǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 5/5
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*m(r)ajʔ/
English small, tiny

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. 8701
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mralʔ/

Adjective

靡靡

  1. (literary) slow; tender
  2. (literary) lewd; decadent

Derived terms