微臣

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
simp. and trad. (微臣)		微	臣
Literally: “tiny official”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēichén, wéichén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wēichén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueichenr
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    微塵／微尘
    微臣
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: wéichén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weichenr
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
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    微塵／微尘
    微臣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: mèih sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ sen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ sɐn²¹/

Pronoun

微臣

(archaic) A first person pronoun employed by a public officer when speaking to the sovereign.
- 微臣梁文秀恭請聖母皇太后金安，皇上聖安。 [MSC, trad.]
  微臣梁文秀恭请圣母皇太后金安，皇上圣安。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  Wēichén Liáng Wénxiù gōngqǐng shèngmǔ huángtàihòu jīn'ān, huángshàng shèng'ān. [Pinyin]
  I, Liang Wenxiu, humbly wish Your Majesty the Empress Dowager the precious peace [and wish] Your Majesty [the Emperor] the holy ease.

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