童謠

See also: 童謡 and 童谣

Chinese

		boy; child; children	popular ballad; false rumour
trad. (童謠)		童	謠
simp. (童谣)		童	谣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngyáo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jiu⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-yèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tông-iâu

(Teochew, Peng'im): tong⁵ iao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyáo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yao²
  - Yale: túng-yáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyau
  - Palladius: тунъяо (tunʺjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ jiu⁴
  - Yale: tùhng yìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jiːu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ ieu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung² yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ i̯eu̯¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-yèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ (r)ieu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung² yeu²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-iâu
  - Tâi-lô: tông-iâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dong'iaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² iau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ iau²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tong⁵ iao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thông iâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iau⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: duwng yew

Rime
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒紅切	餘昭切
Baxter	duwng	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/jĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung⁴	jiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤoŋ law/

(Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ lew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóng	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›	‹ yew ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁoŋ/	/*law/
English	boy	sing; song
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17439	14718
Phonetic component	重	謠
Rime group	東	宵
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	同	遙
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*lew/
Notes	說文重省聲	說文言上從肉會意徒歌，通作謠，肉非聲

Noun

童謠

(countable) nursery rhyme; children's song (song for children) (Classifier: 首)

Synonyms

催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ) (lullaby)
兒歌 / 儿歌 (érgē)
囡仔歌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
搖籃曲 / 摇篮曲 (yáolánqǔ) (lullaby)
睏詩 / 困诗 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
童歌 (tónggē)

Hypernyms

歌謠／歌谣 (gēyáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
童	謠
どう Grade: 3	よう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

童(どう)謠(よう) • (dōyō)

Kyūjitai form of 童謡 (“children's song”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
童	謠

Noun

童謠 • (dong'yo) (hangeul 동요)

hanja form^? of 동요 (“children's song”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
童	謠

Noun

童謠

chữ Hán form of đồng dao (“children's song”)