嬋娟

Chinese

beautiful; graceful beautiful; graceful
trad. (嬋娟) 嬋 娟
simp. (婵娟) 婵 娟
alternative forms 蟬娟/蝉娟

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 嬋 娟
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 市連切 於緣切
Baxter dzyen 'jwien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇn/ /ʔiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛn/ /ʔʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjæn/ /ʔjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑian/ /ʔwian/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛn/ /ʔiuɛn/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛn/ /ĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛn/ /ʔi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chán yuān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin4 jyun1

Adjective

嬋娟

  1. (literary, of posture) fair; graceful; elegant

Synonyms

Noun

嬋娟

  1. (literary) beautiful woman
  2. (literary) moon

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 嬋娟刃/婵娟刃
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