阿諛

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See also: 阿谀

Chinese

phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
flatter
trad. (阿諛)
simp. (阿谀)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (94) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'a yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Wang
Li
/ /jĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1 jyu4

Verb

阿諛

  1. (literary) to flatter; to toady

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (ayu

  1. flattery

Verb

()()する (ayu suruintransitive suru (stem ()() (ayu shi), past ()()した (ayu shita))

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

阿諛 (ayu) (hangeul 아유)

  1. hanja form? of 아유 (flattery)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

阿諛

  1. chữ Hán form of a du/a dua (flattery).