隅隈

Chinese

		corner	bay; cove
trad. (隅隈)		隅	隈
simp. #(隅隈)		隅	隈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúwei
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-wei¹
    • Yale: yú-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuuei
    • Palladius: юйвэй (jujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)o  [ʔ]ˤuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋo  quːl|quːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隅	隈
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngju ›	‹ ʔwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)o/	/*[ʔ]ˁuj/
English	angle, corner	bend, nook (n.)
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	隅	隈	隈
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	15920	12924	12935
Phonetic component	禺	畏	畏
Rime group	侯	微	微
Rime subdivision	0	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		隈	𩲄
Old Chinese	/*ŋo/	/*quːl/	/*quːls/

Noun

隅隈

1. (literary) corners and bends

   • 八柱何當？東南何虧？九天之際，安放安屬？隅隈多有，誰知其數？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     八柱何当？东南何亏？九天之际，安放安属？隅隈多有，谁知其数？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 屈原 (Qūyuán) (Qu Yuan), 《天問》

     Bā zhù hé dāng? Dōngnán hé kuī? Jiǔtiān zhī jì, ān fàng ān shǔ? Yúwēi duō yǒu, shéi zhī qí shù? [Pinyin]

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