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式微

式微

Chinese

		type; form; pattern type; form; pattern; style	micro; tiny; miniature
simp. and trad. (式微)		式	微

Verb

式微

(literary) to decline, to wane

Derived terms

漸趨式微／渐趋式微

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìwēi, shìwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟ, ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ mei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sek-bî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: shìwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhuei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    式微
    示威
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: shìwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    式微
    視為／视为
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹ mei⁴
  - Yale: sīk mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ mei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ mei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-bî
  - Tâi-lô: sik-bî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekbii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ bi¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bi²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bi²³/