See 巍 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "另巍巍"
},
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"roman": "cuīwēi",
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"roman": "wēi'é",
"word": "巍峨"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "巍巍蕩蕩"
},
{
"word": "巍巍荡荡"
},
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},
{
"word": "巍然屹立"
},
{
"word": "巍科"
},
{
"word": "顫巍巍"
},
{
"word": "颤巍巍"
},
{
"word": "顫顫巍巍"
},
{
"word": "颤颤巍巍"
}
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"towering; lofty"
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"towering",
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},
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],
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},
{
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
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"Jyutping"
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},
{
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"Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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"Puxian-Min"
],
"zh_pron": "gui²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "gûi"
},
{
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"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
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},
{
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"Bopomofo"
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei¹"
},
{
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "wēi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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},
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"Sinological-IPA"
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"Taiwan",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
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},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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"Standard-Chinese",
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"Palladius"
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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},
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],
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
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},
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"Hong Kong"
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"Sinological-IPA"
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],
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},
{
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"Hinghwa-Romanized"
],
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"Puxian-Min"
],
"zh_pron": "gúi"
},
{
"ipa": "/kui¹³/",
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"Putian"
],
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Xianyou",
"Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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"Puxian-Min"
],
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},
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],
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "guî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "guii"
},
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"ipa": "/ɡui²⁴/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh_pron": "ngjw+j"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Baxter-Sagart"
],
"zh_pron": "/*N-qʰuj/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh_pron": "/*ŋul/"
}
],
"word": "巍"
}
{
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"word": "另巍巍"
},
{
"roman": "cuīwēi",
"word": "崔巍"
},
{
"roman": "wēi'é",
"word": "巍峨"
},
{
"roman": "wēiwēi",
"word": "巍巍"
},
{
"word": "巍巍蕩蕩"
},
{
"word": "巍巍荡荡"
},
{
"roman": "wēirán",
"word": "巍然"
},
{
"word": "巍然屹立"
},
{
"word": "巍科"
},
{
"word": "顫巍巍"
},
{
"word": "颤巍巍"
},
{
"word": "顫顫巍巍"
},
{
"word": "颤颤巍巍"
}
],
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},
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],
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"pos": "character",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese hanzi",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 巍",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien hanzi",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin hanzi",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Middle Chinese hanzi",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese hanzi",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Puxian Min hanzi",
"Puxian Min lemmas",
"zh-pron usage missing POS"
],
"glosses": [
"towering; lofty"
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[
"towering",
"towering"
],
[
"lofty",
"lofty"
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}
],
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{
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"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
{
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"Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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"Puxian-Min"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "gûi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Bopomofo"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wei"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "uei"
},
{
"roman": "vɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэй"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wéi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wei"
},
{
"roman": "vɛj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэй"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
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},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "ngàih"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ngai⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ngei⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/ŋɐi̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Putian",
"Pouseng-Ping'ing"
],
"tags": [
"Puxian-Min"
],
"zh_pron": "gui²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Putian",
"Hinghwa-Romanized"
],
"tags": [
"Puxian-Min"
],
"zh_pron": "gúi"
},
{
"ipa": "/kui¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Putian"
],
"tags": [
"Puxian-Min",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Xianyou",
"Pouseng-Ping'ing"
],
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"Puxian-Min"
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/kui²⁴/",
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"Xianyou"
],
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"Puxian-Min",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "gûi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "guî"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "guii"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡui²⁴/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡui¹³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Quanzhou",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh_pron": "ngjw+j"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Baxter-Sagart"
],
"zh_pron": "/*N-qʰuj/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh_pron": "/*ŋul/"
}
],
"word": "巍"
}
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