巍峨

Chinese

 
high; lofty; towering
high; lofty; towering; majestic
lofty; name of a mountain
trad. (巍峨)
simp. #(巍峨)
alternative forms 巍峩

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (21) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter ngjw+j nga
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋʉi/ /ŋɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷɨi/ /ŋɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiuəi/ /ŋɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuj/ /ŋa/
Li
Rong
/ŋiuəi/ /ŋɑ/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwəi/ /ŋɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋwe̯i/ /ŋɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi é
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai4 ngo4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wēi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-qʰuj/
English high, majestic

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 4691 13032
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋul/ /*ŋaːl/
Notes

Adjective

巍峨

  1. towering; lofty

Synonyms

  • (majestic):
  • (lofty):
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