儦儦

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Chinese

		walking to and fro	walking to and fro
trad. (儦儦)		儦	儦
simp. ^#(儦儦)		儦	儦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biāobiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠㄅㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ biu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠㄅㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
  - Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
  - Yale: byāu-byāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
  - Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu¹ biu¹
  - Yale: bīu bīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ biu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ biu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjew pjew

Rime
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫嬌切
Baxter	pjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/piæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/
Li Rong	/pjɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prew prew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
No.	801
Phonetic component	麃
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鑣
Old Chinese	/*prew/

Adjective

儦儦

(literary) many; numerous; crowded
- 汶水滔滔、行人儦儦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wèn Shuǐ tāotāo, xíngrén biāobiāo.
  The waters of the Wen sweep on;
  The travellers are in crowds.
(literary) rushing about; running in small steps
- 儦儦俟俟、或群或友。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Biāobiāo sìsì, huò qún huò yǒu.
  Now rushing about, now waiting together,
  Here in threes, there in twos.

Synonyms

(many):

一系列 (yīxìliè)
不少 (bùshǎo)
不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
好些 (hǎoxiē)
好多 (hǎoduō)
孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
幾多 / 几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
廣 / 广 (literary, or in compounds)
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
很多 (hěnduō)
𣍐少 / 𫧃少 (Hokkien)
浩瀚 (hàohàn)
浩繁 (hàofán)
百
眾多 / 众多 (zhòngduō)
繁多 (fánduō)
萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
許多 / 许多 (xǔduō)
諸多 / 诸多 (zhūduō)
颮颮 / 飑飑 (literary)

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