室韋

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (室韋)		室	韋
simp. (室韦)		室	韦

Etymology

Borrowed from Xianbei *širwi; likely a late form of *serbi.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shìwéi, Shǐwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ, ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ wai⁴ / sat¹ wai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shìwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwéi
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wei²
  - Yale: shr̀-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwei
  - Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    室韋 / 室韦
    式微
    視為 / 视为
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhwéi
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-wei²
  - Yale: shř-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyywei
  - Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ wai⁴ / sat¹ wai⁵
  - Yale: sāt wàih / sāt wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ wai⁴ / sat⁷ wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ wei⁴ / sed¹ wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹/, /sɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: syit hjw+j

Rime
Character	室	韋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式質切	雨非切
Baxter	syit	hjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪt̚/	/ɦʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕit̚/	/ɦʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjet̚/	/ɣiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕit̚/	/ɦuj/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕt̚/	/ɣiuəi/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕt̚/	/ɣĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/we̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat¹	wai⁴

Proper noun

室韋

(historical) Shiwei, an ancient ethnic group in China
(historical) previous county in Hulunbuir (repealed in 1933)
(now historical) Shiwei (an ethnic township in Ergun, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China), now Mengwu Shiwei Sum and Enhe Russian Ethnic Township