啾啾

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Chinese

wailing of child; chirp wailing of child; chirp
trad. (啾啾)
simp. #(啾啾)
alternative forms 噍噍

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡suw/
Li
Rong
/t͡siu/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10534
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsɯw/

Noun

啾啾

  1. (onomatopoeia) chirping
  2. (onomatopoeia) instrument sounds
  3. (onomatopoeia) any shrilling sound

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (啾啾):
  • Japanese: 啾啾(しゅうしゅう) (shūshū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Hyōgai
しゅう
Hyōgai
kan'on
Alternative spelling
啾々

Adjective

(しゅう)(しゅう) (shūshūしうしう (siusiu)?-tari (adnominal (しゅう)(しゅう)とした (shūshū to shita) or (しゅう)(しゅう)たる (shūshū taru), adverbial (しゅう)(しゅう) (shūshū to) or (しゅう)(しゅう)として (shūshū to shite))

  1. softly crying, keening

Derived terms