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Chinese
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at ease; long (in time); sad
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at ease; long (in time); sad
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| trad. (悠悠)
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悠
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悠
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| simp. #(悠悠)
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悠
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悠
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| alternative forms
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繇繇 leisurely
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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悠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yōu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*liw/
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| English
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long-brooding
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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悠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15479
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Phonetic
component
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攸
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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猷
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Old
Chinese
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/*lɯw/
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Adjective
悠悠
- long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote (in time or space)
- leisurely; unhurried; carefree
- (literary) numerous; a great number of
- (literary) preposterous; absurd; ridiculous
- (literary) agitated; anxious; pensive
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
悠悠 • (yūyū) ←いういう (iuiu)?†-tari (adnominal 悠悠とした (yūyū to shita) or 悠悠たる (yūyū taru), adverbial 悠悠と (yūyū to) or 悠悠として (yūyū to shite))
- calm; quiet; sedate; leisurely
- abundant
- far; remote; unlimited; everlasting
Derived terms
References