微妙
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite |
clever; wonderful | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (微妙) | 微 | 妙 | |
| simp. #(微妙) | 微 | 妙 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wēimiào
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: weimiào
- Wade–Giles: wei1-miao4
- Yale: wēi-myàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueimiaw
- Palladius: вэймяо (vɛjmjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wéimiào
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wéimiào
- Wade–Giles: wei2-miao4
- Yale: wéi-myàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weimiaw
- Palladius: вэймяо (vɛjmjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /weɪ̯³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei4 miu6
- Yale: mèih miuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4 miu6
- Guangdong Romanization: méi4 miu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²¹ miːu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Adjective
[edit]微妙
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 微 | 妙 |
| び Grade: S |
みょう Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]微妙 • (bimyō) -na (adnominal 微妙な (bimyō na), adverbial 微妙に (bimyō ni))
- subtle
- 2024 May 24, 谷田川元, quotee, “第213回国会 衆議院 国土交通委員会 第17号 令和6年5月24日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館:
- 認識がないというのと、記憶がありません、微妙に違いますよね、ニュアンスが。
- Ninshiki ga nai to iu no to, kioku ga ari-masen, bimyō ni chigai-masu yo ne, nyuansu ga.
- There's a subtle difference in nuance between "not being aware of something" and "not remembering something."
- delicate
- (euphemistic) lackluster
Inflection
[edit]| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 微妙だろ | びみょうだろ | bimyō daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 微妙で | びみょうで | bimyō de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 微妙だ | びみょうだ | bimyō da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 微妙な | びみょうな | bimyō na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 微妙なら | びみょうなら | bimyō nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 微妙であれ | びみょうであれ | bimyō de are |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | 微妙ではない 微妙じゃない |
びみょうではない びみょうじゃない |
bimyō de wa nai bimyō ja nai |
| Informal past | 微妙だった | びみょうだった | bimyō datta |
| Informal negative past | 微妙ではなかった 微妙じゃなかった |
びみょうではなかった びみょうじゃなかった |
bimyō de wa nakatta bimyō ja nakatta |
| Formal | 微妙です | びみょうです | bimyō desu |
| Formal negative | 微妙ではありません 微妙じゃありません |
びみょうではありません びみょうじゃありません |
bimyō de wa arimasen bimyō ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 微妙でした | びみょうでした | bimyō deshita |
| Formal negative past | 微妙ではありませんでした 微妙じゃありませんでした |
びみょうではありませんでした びみょうじゃありませんでした |
bimyō de wa arimasen deshita bimyō ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 微妙で | びみょうで | bimyō de |
| Conditional | 微妙なら(ば) | びみょうなら(ば) | bimyō nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 微妙だったら | びみょうだったら | bimyō dattara |
| Volitional | 微妙だろう | びみょうだろう | bimyō darō |
| Adverbial | 微妙に | びみょうに | bimyō ni |
| Degree | 微妙さ | びみょうさ | bimyōsa |
Noun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]Generally this has negative connotations. It is used euphemistically to mean "not bad but not very good either".
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “微妙”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
[edit]| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 微 | 妙 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 微 | 妙 |
Adjective
[edit]微妙
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