"娓" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯²¹⁴/, /mei̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: wěi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wei³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wěi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wěi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], woei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], вэй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vɛj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mei⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], méih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], mei⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], méi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], mj+jX [Middle-Chinese], mijH [Middle-Chinese], /*mrɯls/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*mɯlʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 娓
  1. (archaic) to comply with; to yield to Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-娓-zh-character-~gL4Oe7v Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 13 33 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 13 33 40 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 45 55 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 45 55
  2. used in 娓娓 (wěiwěi, “tireless”)
    Sense id: en-娓-zh-character-GN4AeiDp Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 13 33 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 13 33 40 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 45 55 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 45 55 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 娓娓 (wěiwěi), 娓娓不倦, 娓娓動聽 (wěiwěidòngtīng), 娓娓动听 (wěiwěidòngtīng), 娓娓而談, 娓娓而谈, 娓娓道來 (wěiwěidàolái), 娓娓道来 (wěiwěidàolái)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wěiwěi",
      "word": "娓娓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "娓娓不倦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wěiwěidòngtīng",
      "word": "娓娓動聽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wěiwěidòngtīng",
      "word": "娓娓动听"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "娓娓而談"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "娓娓而谈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wěiwěidàolái",
      "word": "娓娓道來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wěiwěidàolái",
      "word": "娓娓道来"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "娓",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 33 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 33 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to comply with; to yield to"
      ],
      "id": "en-娓-zh-character-~gL4Oe7v",
      "links": [
        [
          "comply",
          "comply"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to comply with; to yield to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 33 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 33 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in 娓娓 (wěiwěi, “tireless”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-娓-zh-character-GN4AeiDp",
      "links": [
        [
          "娓娓",
          "娓娓#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "tireless",
          "tireless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mj+jX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mijH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mrɯls/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mɯlʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mrɯls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mɯlʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "娓"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 娓",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese verbs",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "wěiwěi",
      "word": "娓娓"
    },
    {
      "word": "娓娓不倦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwěidòngtīng",
      "word": "娓娓動聽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwěidòngtīng",
      "word": "娓娓动听"
    },
    {
      "word": "娓娓而談"
    },
    {
      "word": "娓娓而谈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwěidàolái",
      "word": "娓娓道來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wěiwěidàolái",
      "word": "娓娓道来"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "娓",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to comply with; to yield to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "comply",
          "comply"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to comply with; to yield to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "used in 娓娓 (wěiwěi, “tireless”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "娓娓",
          "娓娓#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "tireless",
          "tireless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mj+jX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mijH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mrɯls/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mɯlʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mrɯls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*mɯlʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "娓"
}

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