啾啾

Chinese

	wailing of child; chirp	wailing of child; chirp
trad. (啾啾)	啾	啾
simp. ^#(啾啾)	啾	啾
alternative forms	噍噍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiūjiū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡㄐㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ zau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiūjiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄐㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jioujiou
  - Wade–Giles: chiu¹-chiu¹
  - Yale: jyōu-jyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioujiou
  - Palladius: цзюцзю (czjuczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau¹ zau¹
  - Yale: jāu jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ zeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsjuw tsjuw

Rime
Character	啾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即由切
Baxter	tsjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suw/
Li Rong	/t͡siu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯw ʔsɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	啾
Reading #	1/1
No.	10534
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯw/

Noun

啾啾

(onomatopoeia) chirping
(onomatopoeia) instrument sounds
(onomatopoeia) any shrilling sound

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (啾啾):

→ Japanese: 啾啾(しゅうしゅう) (shūshū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
啾	啾
しゅう Hyōgai	しゅう Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
啾々

Adjective

啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう) • (shūshū) ^{←しうしう (siusiu)^?}^†-tari (adnominal 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)とした (shūshū to shita) or 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)たる (shūshū taru), adverbial 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)と (shūshū to) or 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)として (shūshū to shite))

softly crying, keening

Derived terms

鬼哭啾啾(きこくしゅうしゅう) (kikokushūshū)