靡靡

Chinese

		extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted	extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
simp. and trad. (靡靡)		靡	靡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐmǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǐmǐ [Phonetic: mímǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄇㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miimii
  - IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ mei⁵
  - Yale: méih méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ mei̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    娓娓
    靡靡

Middle Chinese: /mˠiᴇ^X mˠiᴇ^X/▼

Rime
Character	靡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	文彼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/mje^X/
Wang Li	/mǐe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)ajʔ m(r)ajʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mralʔ mralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	靡
Reading #	5/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)ajʔ/
English	small, tiny
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	靡
Reading #	1/1
No.	8701
Phonetic component	麻
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靡
Old Chinese	/*mralʔ/

Adjective

靡靡

(literary) slow; tender
(literary) lewd; decadent

Derived terms

猗猗靡靡
靡靡之樂／靡靡之乐 (mǐmǐzhīyuè)

靡靡之音 (mǐmǐzhīyīn)

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