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利未

利未

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (利未)		利	未

Proper noun

利未

Levi

Derived terms

利未人

利未記／利未记 (Lìwèijì)

Etymology

Borrowing from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Lìwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ mei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Li-vi
Min Dong (BUC): Lé-ê
Min Nan (POJ): Lī-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Lìwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihwey
  - IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ mei⁶
  - Yale: leih meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ mei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² mei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Li-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: li vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴ vi⁴
  - IPA: /li⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Lé-ê
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃i²¹³⁻⁵³ ɛi²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lī-bī
  - Tâi-lô: Lī-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixbi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ bi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ bi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ bi³³/