委蛇

Chinese

		snake; serpent
trad. (委蛇)	委	蛇
simp. ^#(委蛇)	委	蛇
alternative forms	蜲蛇逶夷逶迤逶蛇逶移蜲蛇逶夷逶迤逶蛇逶移委佗委它委移委他威夷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiyí

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weiyí
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-i²
  - Yale: wēi-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyi
  - Palladius: вэйи (vɛji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    委蛇
    威儀 / 威仪
    逶迤
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai¹ ji⁴
  - Yale: wāi yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    委蛇
    威儀 / 威仪

Middle Chinese: 'jwe ye

Rime
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於爲切	弋支切
Baxter	'jwe	ye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiuᴇ/	/jiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚiɛ/	/jiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɛ/	/jɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjwiə̆/	/jiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔjue/	/ie/
Wang Li	/ǐwe/	/jǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwie̯/	/ie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai¹	ji⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)oj laj/

(Zhengzhang): /*qrol lal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	委	蛇
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwe ›	‹ ye ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)oj/	/*laj/
English	委蛇 compliant, complaisant	委蛇 compliant, complacent
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	委	蛇
Reading #	1/2	3/3
No.	12901	12236
Phonetic component	委	它
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	逶	移
Old Chinese	/*qrol/	/*lal/
Notes	小徐禾聲

Adjective

委蛇

(literary, ideophonic) calm and contented; leisurely; graceful
(literary, ideophonic) winding and continuous; wriggling; zigzagging; meandering
(literary, ideophonic) winding one's way through; moving in a zigzag manner
(literary, ideophonic) acceding; complying; complaisant

Derived terms

委委蛇蛇
禮度委蛇 / 礼度委蛇
虛為委蛇 / 虚为委蛇
虛與委蛇 / 虚与委蛇 (xūyǔwēiyí)
退食委蛇

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
委	蛇
い Grade: 3	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
逶迱

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ii]

Adjective

委(い)蛇(い) • (ii) ^{←ゐい (wii)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 委(い)蛇(い)とした (ii to shita) or 委(い)蛇(い)たる (ii taru), adverbial 委(い)蛇(い)と (ii to) or 委(い)蛇(い)として (ii to shite))

winding, meandering
calm and relaxed

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
委	蛇
い Grade: 3	だ Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
逶迱

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ida̠]

Adjective

委(い)蛇(だ) • (ida) ^{←ゐだ (wida)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 委(い)蛇(だ)とした (ida to shita) or 委(い)蛇(だ)たる (ida taru), adverbial 委(い)蛇(だ)と (ida to) or 委(い)蛇(だ)として (ida to shite))

winding, meandering
calm and relaxed