易位

Chinese

		change; easy; simple	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (易位)		易	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ wai^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìwèi
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: yì-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihwey
    • Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ wai^6-2
    • Yale: yihk wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

易位

1. to change position; to switch places
2. (genetics) to translocate
3. (chess) Short for 王車易位／王车易位 (wáng jū yìwèi, “to castle”).

Derived terms

• 王車易位／王车易位