迷迭

Chinese

		bewilder; crazy about; fan bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	alternately; repeatedly
trad. (迷迭)		迷	迭
simp. #(迷迭)		迷	迭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mídié

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ dit⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mídié
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mídié
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-tieh²
    • Yale: mí-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: midye
    • Palladius: миде (mide)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴ dit⁶
    • Yale: màih diht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴ dit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴ did⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹ tiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mej det

Rime
Character	迷	迭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	莫兮切	徒結切
Baxter	mej	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mei/	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mei/	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi/	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj/	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/mei/	/det̚/
Wang Li	/miei/	/diet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/miei/	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mí	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai4	dit6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤij  lˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*miː  l'iːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迷	迭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mí	dié
Middle Chinese	‹ mej ›	‹ det ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁij/	/*lˁi[t]/
English	go astray	alternate (v.)
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	迷	迭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9002	11404
Phonetic component	米	失
Rime group	脂	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	迷	姪
Old Chinese	/*miː/	/*l'iːɡ/

Noun

迷迭

1. rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

   • 余種迷迭於中庭，嘉其揚條吐香。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余种迷迭于中庭，嘉其扬条吐香。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Pi, Midie Xiang Fu

     Yú zhòng mídié yú zhōngtíng, jiā qí yáng tiáo tǔ xiāng. [Pinyin]

     I plant rosemary in the courtyard, [because] I appreciate it ascending sprouts and releasing fragrance.

Derived terms

• 迷迭香 (mídiéxiāng)