翠微

Chinese

		bluish-green; green jade	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
trad. (翠微)		翠	微
simp. #(翠微)		翠	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìwēi, cuìwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟ, ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ mei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèiwei
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-wei¹
    • Yale: tswèi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyuei
    • Palladius: цуйвэй (cujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèiwéi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-wei²
    • Yale: tswèi-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueywei
    • Palladius: цуйвэй (cujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ mei⁴
    • Yale: cheui mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ mei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwijH mj+j

Rime
Character	翠	微
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七醉切	無非切
Baxter	tshwijH	mj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuɪH/	/mʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiH/	/mʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuɪH/	/miuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwiH/	/muj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuiH/	/miuəi/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰwiH/	/mĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰwiH/	/mwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3	mei4

Noun

翠微

1. (literary) blue mountain mist
2. (literary) distant green mountainside
3. (literary) green mountain