"寒微" meaning in Chinese

See 寒微 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xän³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, standard, Sinological-IPA], /xän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn²¹ mei̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 寒微
  1. (literary, of one's status, position, etc.) lowly; humble Tags: literary, usually Synonyms: 卑微 (bēiwēi), 低微 (dīwēi), 微寒 (wēihán), 微賤/微贱 (wēijiàn), 微賤 (wēijiàn), 微贱 (wēijiàn) Derived forms: 寒微簡陋, 寒微简陋
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
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          "word": "寒微簡陋"
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        "lowly; humble"
      ],
      "id": "en-寒微-zh-noun-4HLM-BuS",
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of one's status"
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "bēiwēi",
          "word": "卑微"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dīwēi",
          "word": "低微"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wēihán",
          "word": "微寒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wēijiàn",
          "word": "微賤/微贱"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wēijiàn",
          "word": "微賤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wēijiàn",
          "word": "微贱"
        }
      ],
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        "literary",
        "usually"
      ],
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        "position"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han²-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hán-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "harnuei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xanʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hán-wéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "harnwei"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "roman": "xanʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòhn mèih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "寒微"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "寒微簡陋"
    },
    {
      "word": "寒微简陋"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 寒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 微",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lowly; humble"
      ],
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          "lowly",
          "lowly"
        ],
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of one's status, position, etc.) lowly; humble"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of one's status"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "position"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han²-wei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hán-wēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "harnuei"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xanʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hánwéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han²-wei²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hán-wéi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "harnwei"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "roman": "xanʹvɛj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьвэй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòhn mèih"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁴ méi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn²¹ mei̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bēiwēi",
      "word": "卑微"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dīwēi",
      "word": "低微"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēihán",
      "word": "微寒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēijiàn",
      "word": "微賤/微贱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēijiàn",
      "word": "微賤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wēijiàn",
      "word": "微贱"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寒微"
}

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