偎倚

Chinese

		to cuddle	to lean on; rely upon
simp. and trad. (偎倚)		偎	倚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹ ji²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oe-óa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-i³
    • Yale: wēi-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyii
    • Palladius: вэйи (vɛji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui¹ ji²
    • Yale: wūi yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹ ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui¹ yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵ jiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe-óa
    • Tâi-lô: ue-uá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oe'oar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue³³ ua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue⁴⁴⁻³³ ua⁵³/

Verb

偎倚

1. (literary) to stay close together; to snuggle or nestle up to

Synonyms

• 偎依 (wēiyī)
• 依偎 (yīwēi)