唧唧

Chinese

		(onomat.); to pump (water)	(onomat.); to pump (water)
simp. and trad. (唧唧)		唧	唧

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījī, jíjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jī-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²
    • Yale: jí-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyi
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zik¹
    • Yale: jīk jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 唧唧

1. sighing
2. praising
3. chirping

Usage notes

This term is found in the text of the Chinese Ballad of Mulan, 木蘭辭/木兰辞 (Mùlán cí), and Bai Juyi's poem Pipa Xing, 琵琶行 (pípa xíng).