慢吞吞
Chinese
| slow | to swallow; to take | to swallow; to take | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (慢吞吞) | 慢 | 吞 | 吞 | |
| simp. #(慢吞吞) | 慢 | 吞 | 吞 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan6 tan1 tan1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-thun-thun
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6me-then1-then1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: màntūntūn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: màntuntun
- Wade–Giles: man4-tʻun1-tʻun1
- Yale: màn-twūn-twūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: manntuentuen
- Palladius: маньтуньтунь (manʹtunʹtunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /män⁵¹ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 tan1 tan1
- Yale: maahn tān tān
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 tan1 tan1
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 ten1 ten1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² tʰɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-thun-thun
- Tâi-lô: bān-thun-thun
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxntuntwn
- IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² tʰun³³ tʰun³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ tʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Adjective
慢吞吞
- (ideophonic) sluggish; slow-moving; leisurely