微動

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (微動)		微	動
simp. (微动)		微	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēidòng, wéidòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēidòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weidòng
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: wēi-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueidonq
    • Palladius: вэйдун (vɛjdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéidòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéidòng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-tung⁴
    • Yale: wéi-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weidonq
    • Palladius: вэйдун (vɛjdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ dung⁶
    • Yale: mèih duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ tʊŋ²²/

Verb

微動

1. to make a slight movement
2. Short for 微动开关.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	動
び Grade: S	どう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) びどー [bìdóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bʲido̞ː]

Noun

微(び)動(どう) • (bidō) 

1. minuscule movement

Verb

微(び)動(どう)する • (bidō suru) suru (stem 微(び)動(どう)し (bidō shi), past 微(び)動(どう)した (bidō shita))

1. to make the smallest movement

   微動(びどう)だにせず

   bidō dani sezu

   without moving even the smallest bit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "微動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	微動し	びどうし	bidō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	微動し	びどうし	bidō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	微動する	びどうする	bidō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	微動する	びどうする	bidō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	微動すれ	びどうすれ	bidō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	微動せよ¹ 微動しろ²	びどうせよ¹ びどうしろ²	bidō seyo¹ bidō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	微動される	びどうされる	bidō sareru
Causative	微動させる 微動さす	びどうさせる びどうさす	bidō saseru bidō sasu
Potential	微動できる	びどうできる	bidō dekiru
Volitional	微動しよう	びどうしよう	bidō shiyō
Negative	微動しない	びどうしない	bidō shinai
Negative continuative	微動せず	びどうせず	bidō sezu
Formal	微動します	びどうします	bidō shimasu
Perfective	微動した	びどうした	bidō shita
Conjunctive	微動して	びどうして	bidō shite
Hypothetical conditional	微動すれば	びどうすれば	bidō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
微	動

Noun

微動 • (midong) (hangeul 미동)

1. Hanja form^? of 미동 (“tremor; quiver; slight movement”).