靡靡

Chinese

		extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted	extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
trad. (靡靡)		靡	靡
simp. #(靡靡)		靡	靡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐmǐ [Phonetic: mímǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐmǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-mi³
    • Yale: mǐ-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miimii
    • Palladius: мими (mimi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁵
    • Yale: méih méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 娓娓 靡靡

---

• Middle Chinese: mjeX mjeX

Rime
Character	靡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文彼切
Baxter	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/mjeX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)ajʔ  m(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mralʔ  mralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靡
Reading #	5/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)ajʔ/
English	small, tiny
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	靡
Reading #	1/1
No.	8701
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靡
Old Chinese	/*mralʔ/

Adjective

靡靡

1. (literary) slow; tender
2. (literary) lewd; decadent

Derived terms

• 猗猗靡靡
• 靡靡之樂／靡靡之乐 (mǐmǐzhīyuè)
• 靡靡之音 (mǐmǐzhīyīn)