# 委蛇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēiyí
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^1$ ji$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēiyí
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: weiyí
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^1$-i$^2$
*** Yale: wēi-yí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueiyi
*** Palladius: вэйи (vɛji)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵⁵ i³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$委蛇 威儀／威仪 逶迤
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^1$ ji$^4$
*** Yale: wāi yìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^1$ ji$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^1$ yi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$委蛇 威儀／威仪
* Middle Chinese: 'jwe ye
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 | wai$^1$ | ji$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*q(r)oj laj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrol lal/
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
* (literary, ideophonic) calm and contented; leisurely; graceful
* (literary, ideophonic) winding and continuous; wriggling; zigzagging; meandering
* (literary, ideophonic) winding one's way through; moving in a zigzag manner
* (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) $^†$-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))
* winding, meandering
* 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) $^†$-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))
* winding, meandering
* calm and relaxed