呦呦

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Chinese

bleating of the deer bleating of the deer
simp. and trad.
(呦呦)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (138)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔieu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔjiw/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕu/
Wang
Li
/iəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15639
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qrɯw/

Noun

呦呦

  1. (onomatopoeia, literary) the cry of a deer