葳蕤

Chinese

		luxuriant	fringe; overladen with flowers
trad. (葳蕤)		葳	蕤
simp. #(葳蕤)		葳	蕤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiruí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ jeoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiruí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄖㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weiruéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-jui²
    • Yale: wēi-rwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiruei
    • Palladius: вэйжуй (vɛjžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ jeoi⁴
    • Yale: wāi yèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ joey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+j nywij

Rime
Character	葳	蕤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於非切	儒隹切
Baxter	'jw+j	nywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/	/ȵiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/	/ȵʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/	/ȵʑjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/	/ȵwi/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/	/ȵui/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/	/ȵʑwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/	/ȵʑwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	ruí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	jeoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qul  njul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葳	蕤
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12790	10916
Phonetic component	威	甤
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	威	蕤
Old Chinese	/*qul/	/*njul/

Adjective

葳蕤

1. (literary, of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; exuberant
2. (literary) gorgeous; elegant
3. (literary) delicate; weak
4. (literary) lethargic; listless
5. (literary) disorderly; messy

Synonyms

• (lush):

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• 幽鬱 / 幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 繁茂 (fánmào)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 芊綿 / 芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation)
• 茂 (literary, or in compounds)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
• 菶菶 (běngběng) (literary)
• 豐茂 / 丰茂 (fēngmào)
• 趒 (Hokkien)
• 軫軫 / 轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)

 

• (disorderly): 零亂／零乱 (língluàn)

Noun

葳蕤

1. (alt. form 萎蕤) angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)

Synonyms

• 玉竹 (yùzhú)