崔嵬

See also: 崔巍

Chinese

		high mountain; precipitous	rocky
trad. (崔嵬)		崔	嵬
simp. ^#(崔嵬)		崔	嵬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuīwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ ngai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuīwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cueiwéi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-wei²
  - Yale: tswēi-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueiwei
  - Palladius: цуйвэй (cujvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ ngai⁴
  - Yale: chèuih ngàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ ngai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ ngei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzwoj ngwoj

Rime
Character	崔	嵬
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	昨回切	五灰切
Baxter	dzwoj	ngwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuʌi/	/ŋuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoi/	/ŋuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɒi/	/ŋuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwəj/	/ŋwəj/
Li Rong	/d͡zuᴀi/	/ŋuᴀi/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɒi/	/ŋuɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i/	/ŋuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuí	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi⁴	ngoi⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤuj N-qʰˤuj/

(Zhengzhang): /*zluːl ŋɡuːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崔	嵬
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuī	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ dzwoj ›	‹ ngwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁuj/	/*N-qʰˁuj/
English	high, rocky	high and rocky
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	崔	嵬
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	1883	4667
Phonetic component	崔	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	摧	鮠
Old Chinese	/*zluːl/	/*ŋɡuːl/

Noun

崔嵬

(literary) stony mound; rocky mountain
- 陟彼崔嵬、我馬虺隤 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  陟彼崔嵬、我马虺𬯎 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  zhì bǐ cuīwéi, wǒ mǎ huǐtuí [Pinyin]
  I was ascending that rock-covered height, but my horses were too tired to breast it.
(literary) top of a mountain; peak
(literary, figurative) huge obstacle; great difficulty
(literary, figurative) pent-up anger; sorrows

Adjective

崔嵬

(literary, ideophonic) lofty; towering
(literary, ideophonic) magnificent; eminent

Derived terms

崢嶸崔嵬 / 峥嵘崔嵬