婀娜

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Chinese

graceful; willowy; unstable elegant; graceful
trad. (婀娜)
simp. #(婀娜)
alternative forms 妸娜
阿那

Etymology

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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (8)
Final () (94) (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter 'aX naX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑX/ /nɑX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑX/ /nɑX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑX/ /nɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaX/ /naX/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑX/ /nɑX/
Wang
Li
X/ /nɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑX/ /nɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ě nuǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o2 no5

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 婀娜

  1. (literary, of a woman) lithe and graceful

Derived terms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (婀娜):
  • Japanese: 婀娜(あだ) (ada)
  • Korean: 아나(婀娜) (ana)
  • Vietnamese: a na (婀娜)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai

Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 婀娜 (MC 'aX naX).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

()() (ada-na (adnominal ()() (ada na), adverbial ()() (ada ni))

  1. (archaic) lithe and graceful
  2. (of a woman) amorous, sexy
  3. (by extension) stylish, sophisticated

()() (ada-tari (adnominal ()()とした (ada to shita) or ()()たる (ada taru), adverbial ()() (ada to) or ()()として (ada to shite))

  1. (archaic) lithe and graceful
  2. (of a woman) amorous, sexy
  3. (by extension) stylish and/or sophisticated

Inflection

Derived terms

References