# 僶俛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǐnmiǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): man$^5$ min$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn [Phonetic: mínmiǎn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐnmiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: min$^3$-mien$^3$
*** Yale: mǐn-myǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miinmean
*** Palladius: миньмянь (minʹmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /min²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^5$ min$^5$
*** Yale: máhn míhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^5$ min$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^5$ min$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn¹³ miːn¹³/
* Middle Chinese: mjinX mjenX
Rime :
| Character | 僶 | 俛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 武盡切 | 亡辨切 |
| Baxter | mjinX | mjenX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miɪn$^X$/ | /mˠiᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /min$^X$/ | /mᵚiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjen$^X$/ | /miæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /min$^X$/ | /mian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miĕn$^X$/ | /mjɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭĕn$^X$/ | /mĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯ĕn$^X$/ | /mi̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǐn | miǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | man$^5$ | min$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mliŋʔ mronʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | miǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mr[a][n]ʔ/ |
| English | bend the head |
| 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 | 僶 | 俛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9163 | 9069 |
| Phonetic component | 黽 | 免 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泯 | 免 |
| Old Chinese | /*mliŋʔ/ | /*mronʔ/ |
| Notes | 見新書 | 注：俯俛 |

### Verb

僶俛
* (literary) to make an effort; to work hard; to be diligent

#### Synonyms

* 一力 (yīlì)
* 下力 (xiàlì)
* 不遺餘力／不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
* 儘力／尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
* 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
* 出力 (chūlì)
* 力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 力圖／力图 (lìtú)
* 力求 (lìqiú)
* 力爭／力争 (lìzhēng)
* 加勁／加劲 (jiājìn)
* 努力 (nǔlì)
* 勉力 (miǎnlì)
* 呵嘶呵嘶 (o$^4$ sr$^1$ o$^4$ sr$^1$) (Xiang)
* 強力／强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
* 悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
* 打拼 (dǎpīn)
* 拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 拍灘／拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 拼搏 (pīnbó)
* 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
* 摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 攢勁／攒劲 (zan$^3$ jin$^4$) (Xiang)
* 極力／极力 (jílì)
* 殫力／殚力 (dānlì)
* 用力 (yònglì)
* 盡力／尽力 (jìnlì)
* 竭力 (jiélì)
* 竭盡全力／竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
* 落力 (lok$^6$ lik$^6$) (Cantonese, Pinghua, Hakka, Pinghua, Hokkien, Pinghua, Teochew, Pinghua, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
* 賣力／卖力 (màilì)
* 賣力氣／卖力气 (mài lìqi)

### Noun

僶俛
* (literary) moment; instant; a short amount of time

### Adverb

僶俛
* (literary) in a forced manner; against one's will