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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 威, Western Zhou ...

Historical forms of the character 威
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

More information Old Chinese ...

	Old Chinese
崴	*qruːl
威	*qul
葳	*qul
隇	*qul
蝛	*qul
鰄	*qul
楲	*qul

Characters in the same phonetic series (威) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 戌 + 女.

Etymology 1

More information trad., simp. # ...

trad.		威
simp. ^#		威

畏 (OC *quls, “to fear”) is the exoactive derivation of 威 (OC *qul, “to overawe”), literally "to be intimidated" (Schuessler, 2007). In early writing, the character for 畏 was sometimes used directly as a substitute of 威 (wēi) (e.g. in the Da Yu ding inscription).

鬼 (OC *kulʔ, “ghost”) is a derivation (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).

Pronunciation

More information Variety, Location ...

Variety	Location	edit 威
Mandarin	Beijing	/uei⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uei⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/vei²¹/
	Jinan	/vei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ve²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uei²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uei²¹/
	Xining	/uɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/vei⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/vei³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uei⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/uei⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/uei⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/uei⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uəi³¹/
	Hefei	/ue²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uei¹³/
	Hohhot	/vei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ue⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ue̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔui³³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠u³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ue³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/ue¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uei³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/uəi³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/ui⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/vi⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/vui²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɐi⁵³/
	Nanning	/wɐi⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɐi⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ui⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uoi⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/y⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ui³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ui²³/ /ui³⁵/ 俗

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	威
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於非切
Baxter	'jw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai¹

More information Character, Reading # ...

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	威
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔuj/
English	awe-inspiring
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.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	威
Reading #	1/1
No.	12789
Phonetic component	威
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	威
Old Chinese	/*qul/

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vei¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ui¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vî

(Hailu, HRS): vui^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): vi¹
Jin (Wiktionary): vei¹
Northern Min (KCR): ṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): ŭi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ui

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ue
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wei
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹
  - Yale: wēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
  - Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wei¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai¹
  - Yale: wāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vei³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vui^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /vui⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋi⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vei¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ui¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
  - Tâi-lô: ui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ue
  - MiniDict: ue^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: uei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯e̞i̯³³/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: 'jw+j

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔuj/

(Zhengzhang): /*qul/

Definitions

威

pomp
power
powerful
to dominate; to display power
(Cantonese) imposing; awe-inspiring
(Cantonese) to be imposing; to be awe-inspiring
a surname

Compounds

下車作威 / 下车作威
下馬威 / 下马威 (xiàmǎwēi)
不怒自威
伏威
伊威
作威作福 (zuòwēizuòfú)
作福作威
備受威脅 / 备受威胁
克倫威爾 / 克伦威尔 (Kèlúnwēi'ěr)
八面威風 / 八面威风 (bāmiànwēifēng)
兵威 (bīngwēi)
助威 (zhùwēi)
南威
史迪威 (Shǐdíwēi)
喊堂威
國威 / 国威 (guówēi)
地牛發威 / 地牛发威
夏威夷
夏威夷州
大發神威 / 大发神威
大顯威風 / 大显威风
天威 (tiānwēi)
奮威 / 奋威 (fènwēi)
奮武揚威 / 奋武扬威
威信 (wēixìn)
威信掃地 / 威信扫地
威儀 / 威仪 (wēiyí)
威儀孔時 / 威仪孔时
威克島 / 威克岛 (Wēikè Dǎo)
威力 (wēilì)
威勢 / 威势 (wēishì)
威化餅 / 威化饼 (wēihuàbǐng)
威名 (wēimíng)
威嚇 / 威吓
威嚴 / 威严 (wēiyán)
威士忌 (wēishìjì)
威妥瑪式 / 威妥玛式
威尼斯 (Wēinísī)
威廉 (Wēilián)
威德兼施
威悉河 (Wēixī Hé)
威振天下
威服
威望 (wēiwàng)
威權 / 威权 (wēiquán)
威武 (wēiwǔ)
威武不屈
威海 (Wēihǎi)
威海衛 / 威海卫 (Wēihǎiwèi)
威澤 / 威泽
威爾瑪 / 威尔玛
威爾遜 / 威尔逊 (Wēi'ěrxùn)
威猛 (wēiměng)
威瑪憲法 / 威玛宪法
威福 (wēifú)
威福由己
威福自己
威稜 / 威棱 (wēiléng)
威而不猛
威聲 / 威声
威脅 / 威胁 (wēixié)
威脅利誘 / 威胁利诱
威蕤
威迫 (wēipò)
威逼 (wēibī)
威逼利誘 / 威逼利诱 (wēibīlìyòu)
威重
威震 (wēizhèn)
威震八方
威震天下
威震寰宇
威靈 / 威灵
威靈頓 / 威灵顿 (Wēilíngdùn)
威風 / 威风 (wēifēng)
威風八面 / 威风八面
威風凜凜 / 威风凛凛 (wēifēnglǐnlǐn)
威鳳 / 威凤
威鳳一羽 / 威凤一羽
宣威 (Xuānwēi)
恩威並濟 / 恩威并济
恩威並用 / 恩威并用
恩威並著 / 恩威并著
恩威並行 / 恩威并行
恩威並重 / 恩威并重
懷德畏威 / 怀德畏威
打下馬威 / 打下马威
抑威餌敵 / 抑威饵敌
振威
挪威 (Nuówēi)
挪威王國 / 挪威王国
揚威 / 扬威 (yángwēi)
揚威耀武 / 扬威耀武
擅作威福
攝威擅勢 / 摄威擅势
施威
明威
杜威 (Dùwēi)
格林威治 (Gélínwēizhì)
權威 / 权威 (quánwēi)
權威管教 / 权威管教
武威 (Wǔwēi)
殺威棒 / 杀威棒
殺威風 / 杀威风
海明威 (Hǎimíngwēi)
淫威 (yínwēi)
漢官威儀 / 汉官威仪
狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
狐藉虎威 / 狐借虎威 (hújièhǔwēi)
狐虎之威
畏威懷德 / 畏威怀德
發威 / 发威 (fāwēi)
發威動怒 / 发威动怒
皇威 (huángwēi)
示威 (shìwēi)
示威遊行 / 示威游行
神威 (shénwēi)
祥麟威鳳 / 祥麟威凤
科威特 (Kēwēitè)
積威 / 积威
竊弄威權 / 窃弄威权
立威
耀武揚威 / 耀武扬威 (yàowǔ yángwēi)
耍威風 / 耍威风
聲威 / 声威 (shēngwēi)
聲威大震 / 声威大震 (shēngwēidàzhèn)
舉武揚威 / 举武扬威
草木知威
蓄銳養威 / 蓄锐养威
蘇拉威西 / 苏拉威西 (Sūlāwēixī)
虎威 (hǔwēi)
虎威狐假
蛜威
褚威格
赫斯之威
軍威 / 军威 (jūnwēi)
辛巴威 (Xīnbāwēi)
逞威風 / 逞威风
逞起威風 / 逞起威风
鈞威 / 钧威
開普威得 / 开普威得
閫威 / 阃威
雄威
雌威
霜威
霽威 / 霁威
養威蓄銳 / 养威蓄锐
養銳蓄威 / 养锐蓄威
餘威 / 余威 (yúwēi)
馬拉威 / 马拉威 (Mǎlāwēi)
鮑斯威爾 / 鲍斯威尔
龍威 / 龙威

Etymology 2

More information trad., simp. # ...

trad.		威
simp. ^#		威

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
  - Tâi-lô: ui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³/

Definitions

威

(Hokkien) Alternative form of 揻 (ui, “to prick; to poke; to bore”)
- 阿片無食脚手軟　無錢半步不出門　威空扒壁提來當　有錢歸冥燒到光 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  阿片无食脚手软　无钱半步不出门　威空扒壁提来当　有钱归冥烧到光 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1933, 勸改阿片新歌
  a-phiàn bô chia̍h kha-chhiú nńg, bô chîⁿ pòaⁿ pō͘ m̄ chhut-mn̂g, ui khang peh piah the̍h lâi tǹg, ū chîⁿ kui-mî sio kàu kng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  If he does not smoke opium, his limbs are weak; without money, he does not go out for half a step. Boring holes and climbing walls, he takes [things] to pawn; with money, he smokes all night until dawn.
- 2015, “天頂星”, 薇芯 (lyrics), 江紓雯 (music), performed by 秀蘭瑪雅:
  
  親像針一直威一直威入阮的心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  亲像针一直威一直威入阮的心 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chhin-chhiūⁿ chiam it-ti̍t ui it-ti̍t ui ji̍p gún ê sim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  It is like a needle constantly poking, constantly poking into my heart
- 2016, “月娘啊月娘”, 高以德 (lyrics), 吳靜慧 (music)‎performed by 鳳娘:
  
  怎樣放捨我　做你來離開　無緣作堆　心像針威 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  怎样放舍我　做你来离开　无缘作堆　心像针威 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chóaⁿ-iūⁿ pàng-sak góa, chòe lí lâi lī-khui, bô-iân chòe-tui, sim chhiūⁿ chiam ui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  How did you abandon me? I let you leave, We were not destined to be together, my heart is aching like a needle is pricking it
- 2020, “霧中情”, 陳百潭 (lyrics), 陳百潭 (music)‎performed by 陳百潭 and 方千玉:
  
  海風青冷　吹著心若針威 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  海风青冷　吹着心若针威 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  hái-hong chhiⁿ-léng, chhoe-tio̍h sim ná chiam ui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The chilly breeze from the sea is blowing at my heart, as if a needle is pricking it
- 2022, “落花 [luòhuā]”, 郭之儀 (lyrics), 鄭喬安 (music)‎performed by 林良歡:
  
  阮的心像針威塊滴血 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  阮的心像针威块滴血 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  gún ê sim chhiūⁿ chiam ui teh tih hoeh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  My heart is like a needle is pricking it until it drips with blood

威

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