喃喃
Chinese
| mumble in repetition | mumble in repetition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (喃喃/諵諵) | 喃/諵 | 喃/諵 | |
| simp. (喃喃) | 喃 | 喃 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nánnán
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánnán
- Wade–Giles: nan2-nan2
- Yale: nán-nán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nannan
- Palladius: наньнань (nanʹnanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ nän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: naam4 naam4
- Yale: nàahm nàahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 naam4
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 nam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ naːm²¹/
- Homophones:
喃喃
囡囡
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Adverb
喃喃
- (onomatopoeia) describes the act of speaking softly or murmuring
- (onomatopoeia) describes the sound of reading
- (onomatopoeia) the sound of birds chirping
Derived terms