窈窕
Chinese
deep; quiet and elegant | quiet and elegant | ||
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trad. (窈窕) | 窈 | 窕 | |
simp. #(窈窕) | 窈 | 窕 | |
alternative forms | 杳窱/杳𰩏 “deep” |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎotiǎo
- Wade–Giles: yao3-tʻiao3
- Yale: yǎu-tyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteau
- Palladius: яотяо (jaotjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: miu5 tiu5 / jiu2 tiu5
- Yale: míuh tíuh / yíu tíuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: miu5 tiu5 / jiu2 tiu5
- Guangdong Romanization: miu5 tiu5 / yiu2 tiu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note:
- miu5 tiu5 - vernacular;
- jiu2 tiu5 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: 'ewX dewX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) 窈窕
- (of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair
- 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.
- (of a woman) seductive; flirtatious
- deep; profound
Derived terms
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