窈窕淑女
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Chinese
[edit]quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful | virtuous and beautiful woman; lady; quiet girl | ||
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trad. (窈窕淑女) | 窈窕 | 淑女 | |
simp. #(窈窕淑女) | 窈窕 | 淑女 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Classic of Poetry, poem 1 (《詩經·周南·關雎》):
- 窈窕淑女,君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): miu5 tiu5 suk6 neoi5 / jiu2 tiu5 suk6 neoi5
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iao2 tiao2 sog4 neng2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎotiǎoshunyǔ
- Wade–Giles: yao3-tʻiao3-shu1-nü3
- Yale: yǎu-tyǎu-shū-nyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteaushuneu
- Palladius: яотяошунюй (jaotjaošunjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎotiǎoshúnyǔ
- Wade–Giles: yao3-tʻiao3-shu2-nü3
- Yale: yǎu-tyǎu-shú-nyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteaushwuneu
- Palladius: яотяошунюй (jaotjaošunjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: miu5 tiu5 suk6 neoi5 / jiu2 tiu5 suk6 neoi5
- Yale: míuh tíuh suhk néuih / yíu tíuh suhk néuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: miu5 tiu5 suk9 noey5 / jiu2 tiu5 suk9 noey5
- Guangdong Romanization: miu5 tiu5 sug6 nêu5 / yiu2 tiu5 sug6 nêu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³ sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³ sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: iao2 tiao2 sog4 neng2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iáu thiáu sok nṳ́ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /iau⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiau⁵²⁻³⁵ sok̚²⁻⁴ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Middle Chinese: 'ewX dewX dzyuwk nrjoX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ [d]iwk nraʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ ɦljɯwɢ naʔ/
Idiom
[edit]窈窕淑女
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窈 | 窕 | 淑 | 女 |
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