悠悠

Chinese

		at ease; long (in time); sad	at ease; long (in time); sad
trad. (悠悠)		悠	悠
simp. #(悠悠)		悠	悠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyou
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹
    • Yale: yōu-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiou
    • Palladius: юю (juju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 悠悠

1. long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote (in time or space)
2. leisurely; unhurried; carefree
3. (literary) numerous; a great number of
4. (literary) preposterous; absurd; ridiculous
5. (literary) agitated; anxious; pensive

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
悠	悠
ゆう Grade: S	ゆう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 悠々

Adjective

悠(ゆう)悠(ゆう) • (yūyū) ^{←いういう (iuiu)?†}-tari (adnominal 悠(ゆう)悠(ゆう)とした (yūyū to shita) or 悠(ゆう)悠(ゆう)たる (yūyū taru), adverbial 悠(ゆう)悠(ゆう)と (yūyū to) or 悠(ゆう)悠(ゆう)として (yūyū to shite))

1. calm; quiet; sedate; leisurely
2. abundant
3. far; remote; unlimited; everlasting

Derived terms

• 悠々(ゆうゆう)自(じ)適(てき) (yūyū jiteki)