麈尾
Chinese
| leader of herd; stag | tail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (麈尾) | 麈 | 尾 | |
| simp. #(麈尾) | 麈 | 尾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔwěi [Phonetic: zhúwěi]
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔwěi
- Wade–Giles: chu3-wei3
- Yale: jǔ-wěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuwoei
- Palladius: чжувэй (čžuvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyu2 mei5
- Yale: jyú méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzy2 mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: ju2 méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syː³⁵ mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
麈尾
- (archaic) whisk (for swatting flies, whisking dust, etc.); duster
- 庾法畅造庾太尉，握麈尾至佳，公曰：「此至佳，那得在？」 [Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
- Yǔ Fǎchàng zào Yǔ tàiwèi, wò zhǔwěi zhì jiā, gōng yuē: “Cǐ zhì jiā, nǎ dé zài?” [Pinyin]
- K'ang Fa-ch'ang* once went to visit Yü Liang holding in his hand a sambar-tail chowry which was extremely beautiful. Yü said to him, "This is extremely beautiful; how did you get possession of it?"
* According to Memoirs of Eminent Monks, the name was more likely to be a corruption of 康法畅.