微動

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (微動)		微	動
simp. (微动)		微	动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēidòng, wéidòng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄉㄨㄥˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ dung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēidòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weidòng
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-tung⁴
  - Yale: wēi-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueidonq
  - Palladius: вэйдун (vɛjdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wéidòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wéidòng
  - Wade–Giles: wei²-tung⁴
  - Yale: wéi-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weidonq
  - Palladius: вэйдун (vɛjdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ dung⁶
  - Yale: mèih duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ tʊŋ²²/

Noun

微動

short for 微動開關／微动开关 (wēidòngkāiguān, “microswitch”)
更換滑鼠微動／更换滑鼠微动 ― gènghuàn huáshǔ wēidòng ― to replace the mouse's microswitch

Verb

微動

to make a slight movement

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	動
び Grade: S	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びどー [bìdóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲido̞ː]

Noun

微(び)動(どう) • (bidō)

minuscule movement

Verb

微(び)動(どう)する • (bidō suru) suru (stem 微(び)動(どう)し (bidō shi), past 微(び)動(どう)した (bidō shita))

to make the smallest movement
微動(びどう)だにせず
bidō dani sezu
without moving even the smallest bit

Conjugation

Conjugation of "微動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	微動し	びどうし	bidō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	微動し	びどうし	bidō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	微動する	びどうする	bidō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	微動する	びどうする	bidō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	微動すれ	びどうすれ	bidō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	微動せよ¹ 微動しろ²	びどうせよ¹ びどうしろ²	bidō seyo¹ bidō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	微動される	びどうされる	bidō sareru
Causative	微動させる微動さす	びどうさせるびどうさす	bidō saseru bidō sasu
Potential	微動できる	びどうできる	bidō dekiru
Volitional	微動しよう	びどうしよう	bidō shiyō
Negative	微動しない	びどうしない	bidō shinai
Negative continuative	微動せず	びどうせず	bidō sezu
Formal	微動します	びどうします	bidō shimasu
Perfective	微動した	びどうした	bidō shita
Conjunctive	微動して	びどうして	bidō shite
Hypothetical conditional	微動すれば	びどうすれば	bidō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“微動”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
微	動

Noun

微動 • (midong) (hangeul 미동)

hanja form^? of 미동 (“tremor; quiver; slight movement”)