奢靡

Chinese

		extravagant	extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted
trad. (奢靡)		奢	靡
simp. #(奢靡)		奢	靡
alternative forms		奢糜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēmí, shēmǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜ ㄇㄧˊ, ㄕㄜ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēmí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜ ㄇㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shemí
    • Wade–Giles: shê¹-mi²
    • Yale: shē-mí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shemi
    • Palladius: шэми (šɛmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ mi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēmǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shemǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shê¹-mi³
    • Yale: shē-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shemii
    • Palladius: шэми (šɛmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ce¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: chē méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syae mjeX

Rime
Character	奢	靡
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式車切	文彼切
Baxter	syae	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕia/	/mˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕia/	/mᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕia/	/miɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕia/	/mjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɕia/	/mjeX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭa/	/mǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯a/	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shē	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se1	mei5

Adjective

奢靡

1. extravagant; profligate; wasteful

   奢靡之風／奢靡之风  ―  shēmǐ zhī fēng  ―  extravagance

   • 太原、上黨又多晉公族子孫，以詐力相傾，矜夸功名，報仇過直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     太原、上党又多晋公族子孙，以诈力相倾，矜夸功名，报仇过直，嫁取送死奢靡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Tàiyuán, Shàngdǎng yòu duō Jìn gōngzú zǐsūn, yǐ zhàlì xiàngqīng, jīnkuā gōngmíng, bàochóu guòzhí, jiàqǔ sòngsǐ shēmǐ. [Pinyin]

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   • 比來天下奢靡，轉相倣效，而徐公雅尚自若，不與俗同。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     比来天下奢靡，转相仿效，而徐公雅尚自若，不与俗同。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Bǐlái tiānxià shēmǐ, zhuǎn xiàng fǎngxiào, ér Xú gōng yǎ shàng zìruò, bù yǔ sú tóng. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

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• 侈奢 (chǐshē) (formal)
• 奢侈 (shēchǐ)
• 奢華／奢华 (shēhuá)
• 排場／排场
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 豪華／豪华 (háohuá)
• 鋪張／铺张 (pūzhāng)
• 鋪排／铺排 (pūpái)