美稱

See also: 美称

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable
trad. (美稱)		美	稱
simp. (美称)		美	称
anagram		稱美／称美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měichēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ cing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-chheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měichēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měicheng
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chʻêng¹
    • Yale: měi-chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeicheng
    • Palladius: мэйчэн (mɛjčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ cing¹
    • Yale: méih chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byzhefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mijX tsyhing|tsyhingH

Rime
Character	美	稱	稱
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	蒸 (133)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	無鄙切	處陵切	昌孕切
Baxter	mijX	tsyhing	tsyhingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪX/	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/	/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiX/	/t͡ɕʰɨŋ/	/t͡ɕʰɨŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪX/	/t͡ɕʰieŋ/	/t͡ɕʰieŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiX/	/cʰiŋ/	/cʰiŋH/
Li Rong	/mjiX/	/t͡ɕʰiəŋ/	/t͡ɕʰiəŋH/
Wang Li	/miX/	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋ/	/t͡ɕʰĭəŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/miX/	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋ/	/t͡ɕʰi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ	chēng	chèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5	cing1	cing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]rəjʔ  tʰəŋ|mə-tʰəŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mriʔ  tʰjɯŋ|tʰjɯŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	美	稱	稱
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	měi	chēng	chèng
Middle Chinese	‹ mijX ›	‹ tsyhing ›	‹ tsyhingH ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]rəjʔ/	/*tʰəŋ/	/*mə-tʰəŋ-s/
English	beautiful	weigh; evaluate; call	steelyard
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	美	稱	稱
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	8951	1402	1405
Phonetic component	美	爯	爯
Rime group	脂	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	2	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	美	稱	稱
Old Chinese	/*mriʔ/	/*tʰjɯŋ/	/*tʰjɯŋs/
Notes	甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀， 取陳獨秀說

Verb

美稱

1. to give a laudatory title or good name

Noun

美稱

1. laudatory title; good name