彊彊

Chinese

		strong; superior; compel strong; superior; compel; wilful	strong; superior; compel strong; superior; compel; wilful
trad. (彊彊/強強*)		彊/強	彊/強
simp. (彊彊/強強*)		彊/強	彊/強

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāngjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiangjiang
    • Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chiang¹
    • Yale: jyāng-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangjiang
    • Palladius: цзянцзян (czjanczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

彊彊

1. (literary) (birds) fly in a group; follow each other

   • 鶉之奔奔，鵲之彊彊。人之無良，我以為兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹑之奔奔，鹊之彊彊。人之无良，我以为兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chún zhī bēnbēn, què zhī jiāngjiāng. Rén zhī wú liáng, wǒ yǐ wéi xiōng. [Pinyin]

     The quails run [in pairs]. The magpies fly [in pairs]. That man is not nice. I call him brother.

References

• 彊彊 in ZDIC