迢迢

Chinese

		remote	remote
trad. (迢迢)		迢	迢
simp. #(迢迢)		迢	迢
alternative forms		苕苕 “far”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáotiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu-tiâu / thiâu-thiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao²
    • Yale: tyáu-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyau
    • Palladius: тяотяо (tjaotjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
    • Yale: tìuh tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiâu-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau'diaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiâu-thiâu
    • Tâi-lô: thiâu-thiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'tiaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²³⁻³³ tʰiau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dew dew

Rime
Character	迢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4

Adjective

迢迢

1. (literary) far away; distant
2. (literary, of time) long
3. Alternative form of 岧岧 (tiáotiáo, “tall; towering”)

Synonyms

• (far away):

• 偏僻 (piānpì)
• 偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)
• 僻遠／僻远 (Hokkien)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè)
• 迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
• 遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
• 遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
• 邊遠／边远 (biānyuǎn)
• 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)

 

• (long):

• 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
• 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
• 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
• 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
• 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
• 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
• 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
• 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
• 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
• 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

 

Derived terms

• 千里迢迢 (qiānlǐtiáotiáo)
• 萬里迢迢
• 迢迢千里 (tiáotiáoqiānlǐ)