僶俛

Chinese

			exhort
trad. (僶俛)		僶	俛
simp. (𠊟俯)		𠊟	俯
alternative forms		僶勉／𠊟勉 黽勉／黾勉 黽俛／黾俯 閔免／闵免 閔勉／闵勉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐnmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁵ min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn [Phonetic: mínmiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: min³-mien³
    • Yale: mǐn-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinmean
    • Palladius: миньмянь (minʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁵ min⁵
    • Yale: máhn míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁵ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁵ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn¹³ miːn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjinX mjenX

Rime
Character	僶	俛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武盡切	亡辨切
Baxter	mjinX	mjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miɪnX/	/mˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/minX/	/mᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjenX/	/miænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/minX/	/mianX/
Li Rong	/miĕnX/	/mjɛnX/
Wang Li	/mĭĕnX/	/mĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕnX/	/mi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐn	miǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	man5	min5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mliŋʔ  mronʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	俛
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjenX ›
Old Chinese	/*mr[a][n]ʔ/
English	bend the head
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	僶	俛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9163	9069
Phonetic component	黽	免
Rime group	眞	元
Rime subdivision	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	泯	免
Old Chinese	/*mliŋʔ/	/*mronʔ/
Notes	見新書	注：俯俛

Verb

僶俛

1. (literary) to make an effort; to work hard; to be diligent

Synonyms

• 一力 (yīlì)
• 下力 (xiàlì)
• 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
• 儘力／尽力 (jìnlì) (archaic)
• 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
• 出力 (chūlì)
• 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
• 力求 (lìqiú)
• 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
• 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勉力 (miǎnlì)
• 呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
• 巴結／巴结 (bājie) (regional)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
• 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
• 打拼 (dǎpīn)
• 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 拼搏 (pīnbó)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 攢勁／攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
• 極力／极力 (jílì)
• 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
• 用力 (yònglì)
• 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
• 竭力 (jiélì)
• 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
• 落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
• 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
• 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

 

Noun

僶俛

1. (literary) moment; instant; a short amount of time

Adverb

僶俛

1. (literary) in a forced manner; against one's will