呦呦
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[edit]bleating of the deer | bleating of the deer | ||
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simp. and trad. (呦呦) |
呦 | 呦 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: youyou
- Wade–Giles: yu1-yu1
- Yale: yōu-yōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiou
- Palladius: юю (juju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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悠悠
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jau1 jau1
- Yale: yāu yāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau1 jau1
- Guangdong Romanization: yeo1 yeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: 'jiw 'jiw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯw qrɯw/
Noun
[edit]呦呦
- (onomatopoeia, literary) the cry of a deer
- 呦呦鹿鳴,食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yōuyōu lùmíng, shí yě zhī hāo. [Pinyin]
- With pleased sounds the deer call to one another,
Eating the southernwood of the fields.
呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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