亹亹

Chinese

		resolute	resolute
simp. and trad. (亹亹)		亹	亹

Etymology

Related to 娓娓.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wěiwěi [Phonetic: wéiwěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiwoei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    唯唯
    娓娓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁵
  - Yale: méih méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    娓娓
    靡靡

Middle Chinese: /mʉi^X mʉi^X/▼

Rime
Character	亹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	無匪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muj^X/
Li Rong	/miuəi^X/
Wang Li	/mĭwəi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*mərʔ mərʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯlʔ mɯlʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	亹
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨj^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mərʔ/
English	diligent
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	亹
Reading #	1/2
No.	13853
Phonetic component	釁
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尾
Old Chinese	/*mɯlʔ/

Adjective

亹亹

(literary, ideophonic) diligent; industrious; assiduous
(literary, ideophonic) going forward; pressing forward
(literary, ideophonic, of water) flowing
(literary, ideophonic, of poem, article, discussion, etc.) interesting; appealing; attractive
(literary, ideophonic) unending; relentless
(literary, ideophonic) obedient; compliant
(literary, ideophonic) wonderful; magnificent

Derived terms

亹亹不倦
亹亹不厭／亹亹不厌

亹亹穆穆

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