微服

Chinese

		clandestine	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
trad. (微服)		微	服
simp. ^#(微服)		微	服

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēifú, wéifú

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄈㄨˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ fuk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēifú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weifú
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-fu²
  - Yale: wēi-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueifwu
  - Palladius: вэйфу (vɛjfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéifú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéifú
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-fu²
  - Yale: wéi-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weifwu
  - Palladius: вэйфу (vɛjfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ fuk⁶
  - Yale: mèih fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ fʊk̚²/

Verb

微服

(of the emperor or officials) to wear plain clothing when outside to avoid exposing one's official identity; to be in disguise
皇上要自己一個人微服出巡。 [MSC, trad.]
皇上要自己一个人微服出巡。 [MSC, simp.]
Huángshàng yào zìjǐ yīgerén wēifú chūxún. [Pinyin]
The Emperor is going out on a tour of inspection alone, in disguise.

Derived terms

微服私行
微服私訪 / 微服私访
白龍微服 / 白龙微服