邈邈

Chinese

		profound; remote	profound; remote
trad. (邈邈)		邈	邈
simp. #(邈邈)		邈	邈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎomiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu-biáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎomiǎo [Phonetic: miáomiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎomiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: miao³-miao³
    • Yale: myǎu-myǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meaumeau
    • Palladius: мяомяо (mjaomjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu-biáu
    • Tâi-lô: biáu-biáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biaw'biao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biau⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: maewk maewk

Rime
Character	邈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫角切
Baxter	maewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/mɔk̚/
Wang Li	/mɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤrawk  mˤrawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraːwɢ  mraːwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁrawk/
English	distant
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	邈
Reading #	1/1
No.	8935
Phonetic component	皃
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	邈
Old Chinese	/*mraːwɢ/

Adjective

邈邈

1. (literary) far; distant; remote

   • 抑志而弭節兮，神高馳之邈邈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     抑志而弭节兮，神高驰之邈邈。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Yìzhì ér mǐjié xī, shén gāochí zhī miǎomiǎo. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)