麃麃

Chinese

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trad. (麃麃)		麃	麃
simp. #(麃麃)		麃	麃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
    • Yale: byāu-byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
    • Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu¹ biu¹
    • Yale: bīu bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

麃麃

1. (literary) valiant; courageous (in battle)
2. (literary) magnificent; grand; splendid

   • 清人在消、
     駟介麃麃、
     二矛重喬、
     河上乎逍遙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     清人在消、
     驷介麃麃、
     二矛重乔、
     河上乎逍遥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qīngrén zài Xiāo,
     Sìjiè biāobiāo,
     Èrmáo chóng qiáo,
     Héshàng hū xiāoyáo. [Pinyin]

     The men of Qing were at Xiao;
     The armoured horse-quartet pranced proud;
     The two lances' panache-hangers soared doubly;
     Over the He, they strolled untroubledly.

Synonyms

• (valiant): 勇武 (yǒngwǔ)
• (magnificent):

• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 張皇／张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 皇皇 (huánghuáng) (literary)
• 盛大 (shèngdà)
• 籍甚 (jíshèn) (literary)
• 隆重 (lóngzhòng)