微賤

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (微賤)		微	賤
simp. (微贱)		微	贱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēijiàn, wéijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ zin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: wēi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueijiann
    • Palladius: вэйцзянь (vɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chien⁴
    • Yale: wéi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijiann
    • Palladius: вэйцзянь (vɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ zin⁶
    • Yale: mèih jihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ dzin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ jin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ t͡siːn²²/

Adjective

微賤

1. (of one's status, position, etc.) humble; lowly

Synonyms

• 卑微 (bēiwēi)
• 低微 (dīwēi)
• (literary) 寒微 (hánwēi)
• 微寒 (wēihán)