室韋

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (室韋)		室	韋
simp. (室韦)		室	韦

Etymology

Borrowed from Xianbei *širwi, likely a late form of Xianbei *serbi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shìwéi, Shǐwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ, ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ wai⁴, sat¹ wai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shìwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwéi
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wei²
    • Yale: shr̀-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwei
    • Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhwéi
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-wei²
    • Yale: shř-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyywei
    • Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ wai⁴, sat¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: sāt wàih, sāt wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ wai⁴, sat⁷ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ wei⁴, sed¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/, /sɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syit hjw+j

Rime
Character	室	韋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式質切	雨非切
Baxter	syit	hjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪt̚/	/ɦʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕit̚/	/ɦʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjet̚/	/ɣiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕit̚/	/ɦuj/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕt̚/	/ɣiuəi/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕt̚/	/ɣĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/we̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat1	wai4

Proper noun

室韋

1. (historical) Shiwei, an ancient ethnic group in China
2. (historical) previous county in Hulunbuir