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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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童
|
謠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
tóng
|
yáo
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ duwng ›
|
‹ yew ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁoŋ/
|
/*law/
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| English
|
boy
|
sing; song
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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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
童
|
謠
|
| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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17439
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14718
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Phonetic
component
|
重
|
謠
|
Rime
group
|
東
|
宵
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
同
|
遙
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*doːŋ/
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/*lew/
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| Notes
|
說文重省聲
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說文言上從肉會意徒歌，
通作謠，肉非聲
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Noun
童謠
- (countable) nursery rhyme; children's song (song for children) (Classifier: 首)
Synonyms
- 催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ) (lullaby)
- 兒歌／儿歌 (érgē)
- 囡仔歌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 搖籃曲／摇篮曲 (yáolánqǔ) (lullaby)
- 睏詩／困诗 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 童歌 (tónggē)
Hypernyms
Japanese
Noun
童謠 • (dōyō)
- Kyūjitai form of 童謡 (“children's song”)
Korean
Noun
童謠 • (dong'yo) (hangeul 동요)
- hanja form? of 동요 (“children's song”)
Vietnamese
Noun
童謠
- chữ Hán form of đồng dao (“children's song”).