靡曼

Chinese

		extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted	handsome; large; long
trad. (靡曼)		靡	曼
simp. #(靡曼)		靡	曼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐmàn
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-man⁴
    • Yale: mǐ-màn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miimann
    • Palladius: мимань (mimanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ män⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjeX mjonH

Rime
Character	靡	曼
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文彼切	無販切
Baxter	mjeX	mjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇX/	/mʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛX/	/mʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛX/	/miuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆X/	/muanH/
Li Rong	/mjeX/	/miuɐnH/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/	/mĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯X/	/mi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ	wàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5	maan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)ajʔ  ma[n]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mralʔ  mons/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靡	靡	靡	曼
Reading #	2/5	4/5	5/5	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ	mǐ	mǐ	màn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjeX ›	‹ mjonH ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*m(r)ajʔ/	/*ma[n]-s/
English	squander	fall over	small, tiny	extended, long
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	靡	曼
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	8701	8756
Phonetic component	麻	曼
Rime group	歌	元
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	靡	万
Old Chinese	/*mralʔ/	/*mons/
Notes		說文冒聲

Adjective

靡曼

1. (literary and archaic, chiefly derogatory) beautiful; extravagant

   • 暴奪民衣食之財，以為錦繡文采靡曼之衣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     暴夺民衣食之财，以为锦绣文采靡曼之衣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

     Bào duó mín yīshí zhī cái, yǐwèi jǐnxiù wéncǎi mǐmàn zhī yī. [Pinyin]

     [They would] rob [the people] of their means of livelihood in order to have elaborately embroidered and gorgeous garments.

   • 簡鄭、衛之處子娥媌靡曼者，施芳澤，正蛾眉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     简郑、卫之处子娥媌靡曼者，施芳泽，正蛾眉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Jiǎn Zhèng, Wèi zhī chùzǐ émiáo mǐmàn zhě, shī fāngzé, zhèng éméi. [Pinyin]

     [They] selected the most delicate and beautiful among the maidens of Zheng and Wey, anointed them with fragrant perfumes, and sculpted their slender eyebrows.

Usage notes

Chiefly used with the connotation of decadence.