巍峨

Chinese

	high; lofty; towering high; lofty; towering; majestic	lofty; name of a mountain
trad. (巍峨)	巍	峨
simp. ^#(巍峨)	巍	峨
alternative forms	巍峩

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): ㄨㄟㄜˊ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ ngo⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi-ngô͘ / gûi-gô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēi'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wei-é
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-o²
  - Yale: wēi-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueier
  - Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéi'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéi-é
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-o²
  - Yale: wéi-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weier
  - Palladius: вэйэ (vɛjɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngai⁴ ngo⁴
  - Yale: ngàih ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯i/	/ŋɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	é
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai⁴	ngo⁴

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):

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壯觀／壮观 (zhuàngguān)
宏偉／宏伟 (hóngwěi)
雄偉／雄伟 (xióngwěi)
雄奇 (xióngqí)

(lofty):

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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