委蛇

Chinese
snake; serpent
trad. (委蛇) 委 蛇
simp. #(委蛇) 委 蛇
alternative forms
 
蜲蛇
逶夷
逶迤
逶蛇
逶移
蜲蛇
逶夷
逶迤
逶蛇
逶移
委佗
委它
委移
委他
威夷

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 委 蛇
Reading # 1/2 1/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 支 (14) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於爲切 弋支切
Baxter 'jwe ye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiuᴇ/ /jiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷᵚiɛ/ /jiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuɛ/ /jɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjwiə̆/ /jiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjue/ /ie/
Wang
Li		 /ǐwe/ /jǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwie̯/ /ie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wēi yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai1 ji4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 委 蛇
Reading # 1/4 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wēi yí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjwe › ‹ ye ›
Old
Chinese		 /*q(r)oj/ /*laj/
English 委蛇 compliant, complaisant 委蛇 compliant, complacent

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 委 蛇
Reading # 1/2 3/3
No. 12901 12236
Phonetic
component		 委 它
Rime
group		 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 逶 移
Old
Chinese		 /*qrol/ /*lal/
Notes 小徐禾聲

Adjective

委蛇

  1. (literary, ideophonic) calm and contented; leisurely; graceful
  2. (literary, ideophonic) winding and continuous; wriggling; zigzagging; meandering
  3. (literary, ideophonic) winding one's way through; moving in a zigzag manner
  4. (literary, ideophonic) acceding; complying; complaisant

Derived terms
  • 委委蛇蛇
  • 禮度委蛇／礼度委蛇
  • 虛為委蛇／虚为委蛇
  • 虛與委蛇／虚与委蛇 (xūyǔwēiyí)
  • 退食委蛇

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
委 蛇
い
Grade: 3		 い
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
逶迱

Adjective

委(い)蛇(い) • (ii) ←ゐい (wii)?†-tari (adnominal 委(い)蛇(い)とした (ii to shita) or 委(い)蛇(い)たる (ii taru), adverbial 委(い)蛇(い)と (ii to) or 委(い)蛇(い)として (ii to shite))

  1. winding, meandering
  2. calm and relaxed

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
委 蛇
い
Grade: 3		 だ
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
逶迱

Adjective

委(い)蛇(だ) • (ida) ←ゐだ (wida)?†-tari (adnominal 委(い)蛇(だ)とした (ida to shita) or 委(い)蛇(だ)たる (ida taru), adverbial 委(い)蛇(だ)と (ida to) or 委(い)蛇(だ)として (ida to shite))

  1. winding, meandering
  2. calm and relaxed
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