苗裔

Chinese

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	苗	裔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武瀌切	餘制切
Baxter	mjew	yejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇu/	/jiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛu/	/jiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/miæu/	/jæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw/	/jiajH/
Li Rong	/mjɛu/	/iɛiH/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu/	/jĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu/	/i̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miáo	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu4	jai6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苗	裔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miáo	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjew ›	‹ yejH ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)aw/	/*l[a][t]-s/
English	sprout (n.)	posterity; border
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	苗	裔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9108	15165
Phonetic component	苗	裔
Rime group	宵	祭
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	苗	曵
Old Chinese	/*mrew/	/*leds/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miáoyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁴ jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miáoyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miáoyì
    • Wade–Giles: miao²-i⁴
    • Yale: myáu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miauyih
    • Palladius: мяои (mjaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁴ jeoi⁶
    • Yale: mìuh yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁴ joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁴ yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²¹ jɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: mjew yejH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aw  l[a][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrew  leds/

Etymology 1

		descendant	descendants; frontier
trad. (苗裔)		苗	裔
simp. #(苗裔)		苗	裔

Noun

苗裔

1. (literary) offspring; descendant; progeny; seed

   • 帝高陽之苗裔兮，朕皇考曰伯庸。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     帝高阳之苗裔兮，朕皇考曰伯庸。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Dì Gāoyáng zhī miáoyì xī, zhèn huángkǎo yuē Bóyōng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 苗胤 (miáoyìn)

Etymology 2

		Miao	descendants; frontier
trad. (苗裔)		苗	裔
simp. #(苗裔)		苗	裔

Noun

苗裔

1. person of Miao ancestry (usually born abroad, to parent(s) of Miao ancestry)