巍峨

Chinese

		high; lofty; towering high; lofty; towering; majestic	lofty; name of a mountain
trad. (巍峨)		巍	峨
simp. #(巍峨)		巍	峨
alternative forms		巍峩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi'é, wéi'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄜˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ ngo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-ngô͘ / gûi-gô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei-é
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-o²
    • Yale: wēi-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueier
    • Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi-é
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-o²
    • Yale: wéi-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weier
    • Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴ ngo⁴
    • Yale: ngàih ngòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ ngo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-ngô͘
    • Tâi-lô: guî-ngôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guingoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-gô
    • Tâi-lô: guî-gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui'gooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² ɡo¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjw+j nga

Rime
Character	巍	峨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	語韋切	五何切
Baxter	ngjw+j	nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉi/	/ŋɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨi/	/ŋɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəi/	/ŋɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuj/	/ŋa/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəi/	/ŋɑ/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəi/	/ŋɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯i/	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4	ngo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋul  ŋaːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰuj/
English	high, majestic
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	巍	峨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4691	13032
Phonetic component	鬼	我
Rime group	微	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	巍	莪
Old Chinese	/*ŋul/	/*ŋaːl/
Notes	嵬轉註字

Adjective

巍峨

1. towering; lofty

Synonyms

• (majestic):

• 壯觀／壮观 (zhuàngguān)
• 宏偉／宏伟 (hóngwěi)
• 雄偉／雄伟 (xióngwěi)
• 雄奇 (xióngqí)

 

• (lofty):

• 屴崱／屴𰎖 (lìzè)
• 岧嵽／岧𫶇 (tiáodì)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 嵽嵲／𫶇嵲 (diéniè)
• 嶙峋 (línxún)
• 巀嶭