室韋

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (室韋)
simp. (室韦)

Etymology

Borrowed from Xianbei *širwi, likely a late form of Xianbei *serbi.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (35)
Final () (48) (21)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syit hjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiɪt̚/ /ɦʉi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕit̚/ /ɦʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjet̚/ /ɣiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕit̚/ /ɦuj/
Li
Rong
/ɕiĕt̚/ /ɣiuəi/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭĕt̚/ /ɣĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯ĕt̚/ /we̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shi wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sat1 wai4

Proper noun

室韋

  1. (historical) Shiwei, an ancient ethnic group in China
  2. (historical) previous county in Hulunbuir
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