Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 712

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 威

MC description : 止合三平微影

ZIHUI: 1218 1243

Beijing: uei 11

Jinan: uei 11

Xi'an: uei 11

Taiyuan: vei 1

Hankou: uei 11

Chengdu: uei 11

Yangzhou: uǝi 11

Suzhou: ue_ 11

Wenzhou: u 11

Changsha: uei 11

Shuangfeng: ui 11

Nanchang: ui 11

Meixian: vi 11

Guangzhou: uai 11

Xiamen: ui 11

Chaozhou: ui 11

Fuzhou: uei 11

Shanghai: ue_ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: uei 1

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Chinese characters :

Character: 威

Modern (Beijing) reading: wēi

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔuj

Classic Old Chinese: ʔwǝj

Western Han Chinese: ʔwǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: ʔwǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔwɨj

Middle Chinese: ʔwɨj

English meaning : to overawe, terrorize; be awesome, majestic

Russian meaning[s]: 1) величие; авторитет; внушительный; сила, власть; 2) пугать, внушать страх; угрожать; 3) Вэй (фамилия)

Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is uy.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 38

Four-angle index: 6868

Karlgren code: 0574 a-c

Vietnamese reading: oai

Shijing occurrences: 26.3

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔŭj

Meaning: fear, be reluctant

Chinese: 威 *ʔuj be awesome, fear, loathe, 畏 *ʔujs to fear.

Lushai: ui to regret, be reluctant, keep back.