伏惟

Chinese

		to submit; to lie prostrate	to think
simp. and trad. (伏惟)		伏	惟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúwéi
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-wei²
    • Yale: fú-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuwei
    • Palladius: фувэй (fuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjuwk ywij

Rime
Character	伏	惟
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房六切	以追切
Baxter	bjuwk	ywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨuk̚/	/jiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/biuk̚/	/jʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/biuk̚/	/juɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buwk̚/	/jwi/
Li Rong	/biuk̚/	/ui/
Wang Li	/bĭuk̚/	/jwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uk̚/	/wi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fú	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fuk6	wai4

Idiom

伏惟

1. (humble, formal, literal) to think about a higher-class person or related ideas in a mental state of submission
2. (humble, formal) in my humble opinion