妙用

Chinese

		clever; wonderful	to use
trad. (妙用)		妙	用
simp. #(妙用)		妙	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàoyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biāu-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàoyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàoyòng
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: myàu-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miawyonq
    • Palladius: мяоюн (mjaojun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biāu-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: biāu-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biauxiong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biau²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biau³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/

Verb

妙用

1. (literary) to apply ingeniously; to use cleverly

Noun

妙用

1. (literary) magical effect; ingenious idea

Derived terms

• 妙用無窮 / 妙用无穷
• 神機妙用 / 神机妙用

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妙用):

• → Japanese: 妙用(みょうよう) (myōyō)
• → Korean: 묘용(妙用) (myoyong)
• → Vietnamese: diệu dụng (妙用)