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紫微

紫微

Chinese

		purple	micro; tiny; miniature
simp. and trad. (紫微)		紫	微

Noun

紫微

(archaic) the palace of the emperor

Proper noun

紫微

(astronomy) Purple Forbidden enclosure

Derived terms

紫微垣 (Zǐwēiyuán)

References

紫微垣 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Purple Forbidden enclosure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǐwēi, zǐwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ, ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² mei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Pinyin: zǐwēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyuei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    紫微
    紫薇
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǐwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² mei⁴
  - Yale: jí mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² mei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mei̯²¹/