赳赳

Chinese

simp. and trad. (赳赳)		赳	赳
alternative forms		糾糾／纠纠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiūjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² gau², dau² dau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiūjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jioujiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹-chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioujiou
    • Palladius: цзюцзю (czjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 啾啾 赳赳

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau² gau², dau² dau²
    • Yale: gáu gáu, dáu dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² gau², dau² dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² geo², deo² deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/, /tɐu̯³⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 久久 赳赳

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• Middle Chinese: kjiwX kjiwX

Rime
Character	赳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居黝切
Baxter	kjiwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kieuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiwX/
Li Rong	/kiĕuX/
Wang Li	/kiəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯw|krɯwʔ  krɯw|krɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	赳	赳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6928	6930
Phonetic component	丩	丩
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	樛	糾
Old Chinese	/*krɯw/	/*krɯwʔ/

Adjective

赳赳

1. (literary) strong and valiant

Derived terms

• 赳赳武夫 (jiūjiūwǔfū)
• 赳赳雄風／赳赳雄风
• 雄赳赳 (xióngjiūjiū)

 

Related terms

• 健壯／健壮 (jiànzhuàng)
• 威武 (wēiwǔ)