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

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
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biau²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biau³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/

Verb

妙用

(literary) to apply ingeniously; to use cleverly

Noun

妙用

(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)