霏微

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēiwēi, fēiwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟ, ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiwei
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-wei¹
    • Yale: fēi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiuei
    • Palladius: фэйвэй (fɛjvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēiwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: feiwéi
    • Wade–Giles: fei¹-wei²
    • Yale: fēi-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feiwei
    • Palladius: фэйвэй (fɛjvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ mei⁴
    • Yale: fēi mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phj+j mj+j

Rime
Character	霏	微
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	芳非切	無非切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯl  mɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	微
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. *[t] 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	霏	微
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3095	12801
Phonetic component	非	微
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	霏	微
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯl/	/*mɯl/

Adjective

霏微

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