# 巍峨
## Chinese
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any connection with 嶙峋 (OC *rin/rinʔ sqʰʷin), 崢嶸 (OC *zraːŋ/zreːŋ ɢʷreːŋ/ɢʷreŋ), and/or 屴崱 (OC *rɯɡ zrɯɡ)? Or with 嵽嵲 (OC *deːd ŋeːd/ŋred) and/or 岧嵽 (OC *deːw deːd)? In all these words, it looks like there was some sort of reduplication in Old Chinese.”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēi'é, wéi'é
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄜˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$ ngo$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-ngô͘ / gûi-gô
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēi'é
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wei-é
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^1$-o$^2$
*** Yale: wēi-é
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueier
*** Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi'é
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi-é
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$-o$^2$
*** Yale: wéi-é
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weier
*** Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$ ngo$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih ngòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$ ngo$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$ ngo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹ ŋɔː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-ngô͘
*** Tâi-lô: guî-ngôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: guingoo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi-gô
*** Tâi-lô: guî-gô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gui'gooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³⁻²² ɡo¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡui²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ngjw+j nga
Rime :
| Character | 巍 | 峨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 語韋切 | 五何切 |
| Baxter | ngjw+j | nga |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋʉi/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷɨi/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiuəi/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuj/ | /ŋa/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiuəi/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭwəi/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋwe̯i/ | /ŋɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi | é |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngai$^4$ | ngo$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋul ŋaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 巍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wēi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-qʰuj/ |
| English | high, majestic |
| 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 | 巍 | 峨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 4691 | 13032 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 | 我 |
| Rime group | 微 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 巍 | 莪 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋul/ | /*ŋaːl/ |
| Notes | 嵬轉註字 | |

### Adjective

巍峨
* towering; lofty

#### Synonyms

* (majestic):
* 壯觀／壮观 (zhuàngguān)
* 宏偉／宏伟 (hóngwěi)
* 雄偉／雄伟 (xióngwěi)
* 雄奇 (xióngqí)
* (lofty):
* 屴崱／屴𰎖 (lìzè)
* 岧嵽／岧𫶇 (tiáodì)
* 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
* 嵽嵲／𫶇嵲 (diéniè)
* 嶙峋 (línxún)
* 巀嶭