委蛇

Chinese

			snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (委蛇)		委	蛇
alt. forms		蜲蛇逶夷逶迤逶迆逶蛇蜲蛇逶夷逶迤逶迆逶蛇逶移委佗委它委移委他威夷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiyí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wēiyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyi
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    委蛇
    威儀／威仪
    逶迤
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁴
  - Yale: wāi yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    委蛇
    威儀／威仪

Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiuᴇ jiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	弋支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/jiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/jiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/jɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/jiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ie/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/jǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	yí

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*q(r)oj laj/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrol lal/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwe ›	‹ ye ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)oj/	/*laj/
English	委蛇 compliant, complaisant	委蛇 compliant, complacent
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	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	3/3
No.	12901	12236
Phonetic component	委	它
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	逶	移
Old Chinese	/*qrol/	/*lal/
Notes	小徐禾聲

Adjective

委蛇

(literary, ideophonic) calm and contented; leisurely; graceful
(literary, ideophonic) winding and continuous; wriggling; zigzagging; meandering
(literary, ideophonic) winding one's way through; moving in a zigzag manner
(literary, ideophonic) acceding; complying; complaisant

Derived terms

委委蛇蛇
禮度委蛇／礼度委蛇
虛為委蛇／虚为委蛇

虛與委蛇／虚与委蛇 (xūyǔwēiyí)
退食委蛇

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