微服

Chinese

		clandestine	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
trad. (微服)		微	服
simp. #(微服)		微	服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēifú, wéifú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ fuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēifú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weifú
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-fu²
    • Yale: wēi-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueifwu
    • Palladius: вэйфу (vɛjfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéifú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéifú
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-fu²
    • Yale: wéi-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weifwu
    • Palladius: вэйфу (vɛjfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ fuk⁶
    • Yale: mèih fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ fʊk̚²/

Verb

微服

1. (of the emperor or officials) to wear plain clothing when outside to avoid exposing one's official identity; to be in disguise

   微服出巡  ―  wēifú chūxún  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 微服私行
• 微服私訪／微服私访
• 白龍微服／白龙微服