未央

Chinese

		not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	centre; to implore
trad. (未央)		未	央
simp. #(未央)		未	央

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiyāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ joeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiyāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiyang
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-yang¹
    • Yale: wèi-yāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyiang
    • Palladius: вэйян (vɛjjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ joeng¹
    • Yale: meih yēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ joeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ yêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² jœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mj+jH 'jang

Rime
Character	未	央
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無沸切	於良切
Baxter	mj+jH	'jang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉiH/	/ʔɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɨiH/	/ʔiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuəiH/	/ʔiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mujH/	/ʔɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuəiH/	/ʔiaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwəiH/	/ĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mwe̯iH/	/ʔi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	yāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei6	joeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s  ʔaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds  qaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	未	央
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wèi	yāng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjɨjH ›	‹ ʔjang ›
Old Chinese	/*m[ə]t-s/	/*ʔaŋ/
English	not yet	end (v.)
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	未	央
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12917	14488
Phonetic component	未	央
Rime group	隊	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	未	央
Old Chinese	/*mɯds/	/*qaŋ/
Notes	從屮從木與芔字同根， 陳獨秀雲木上加屮象幼枝

Verb

未央

1. (literary) to have not ended

Proper noun

未央

1. Weiyang Palace

Synonyms

• 未央殿 (Wèiyāng Diàn)
• 未央宮／未央宫 (Wèiyāng Gōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
未	央
み Grade: 4	お Grade: 3
on’yomi	nanori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲio̞]

Proper noun

未(み)央(お) • (Mio) 

1. a female given name