未央

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	centre; to implore
trad. (未央)		未	央
simp. ^#(未央)		未	央

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèiyāng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ joeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèiyāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèiyang
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-yang¹
  - Yale: wèi-yāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyiang
  - Palladius: вэйян (vɛjjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ joeng¹
  - Yale: meih yēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ joeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ yêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² jœːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: mj+jH 'jang

Rime
Character	未	央
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無沸切	於良切
Baxter	mj+jH	'jang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉi^H/	/ʔɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨi^H/	/ʔiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəi^H/	/ʔiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muj^H/	/ʔɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuəi^H/	/ʔiaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwəi^H/	/ĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mwe̯i^H/	/ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁶	joeng¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s ʔaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯds qaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	央
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yāng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨj^H ›	‹ ʔjang ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*ʔaŋ/
English	not yet	end (v.)
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	未	央
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	14488
Phonetic component	未	央
Rime group	隊	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未	央
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*qaŋ/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根，陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝

Verb

未央

(literary) to have not ended
- 大江流日夜，客心悲未央。 [Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: circa late 5th century, 謝朓 (Xie Tiao),《暫使下都夜發新林至京邑贈西府同僚》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Dàjiāng liú rìyè, kèxīn bēi wèiyāng. [Pinyin]
  The Great River [referring to the Yangtze] flows night and day; / the voyager grieves all the way.

Proper noun

未央

Weiyang Palace

Synonyms

未央殿 (Wèiyāng Diàn)
未央宮／未央宫 (Wèiyāng Gōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	央
み Grade: 4	お Grade: 3
on'yomi	nanori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲio̞]

Proper noun

未(み)央(お) • (Mio)

a female given name