裊裊

See also: 袅袅

Chinese

		delicate; graceful	delicate; graceful
trad. (裊裊)		裊	裊
simp. (袅袅)		袅	袅
alternative forms		嫋嫋／袅袅 褭褭 嬝嬝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎoniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎoniǎo [Phonetic: niáoniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎoniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³-niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauneau
    • Palladius: няоняо (njaonjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • Yale: níuh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ niːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: newX newX

Rime
Character	裊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 裊裊

1. (literary, ideophonic, of smoke etc.) slowly billowing upwards; curling upwards; spiralling up
2. (literary, ideophonic, of something soft and delicate) waving back and forth in the wind

   • 紛紛宮女飄紅袖，隊隊官員執寶燈。掌扇分開香裊裊，君王早已坐朝廷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     纷纷宫女飘红袖，队队官员执宝灯。掌扇分开香袅袅，君王早已坐朝廷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 陳端生 (deprecated template usage) 《再生緣·(deprecated template usage) 第七回·皇甫子法網逃生》

     Fēnfēn gōngnǚ piāo hóng xiù, duì duì guānyuán zhí bǎo dēng. Zhǎng shàn fēnkāi xiāng niǎoniǎo, jūnwáng zǎo yǐ zuò cháotíng. [Pinyin]

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3. (literary, ideophonic, of voice) lingering in the air