翛翛
Chinese
| hastiness | hastiness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (翛翛) | 翛 | 翛 | |
| simp. #(翛翛) | 翛 | 翛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoxiāo
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siaosiao
- Wade–Giles: hsiao1-hsiao1
- Yale: syāu-syāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushiau
- Palladius: сяосяо (sjaosjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
翛翛
- like broken feathers (in 詩經, also found in 漢 and 宋 examples)
- 予羽譙譙，予尾翛翛。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǔ yǔ qiáo qiáo, yǔ wěi xiāoxiāo. [Pinyin]
- My wings are all-injured; My tail is all-broken;
予羽谯谯，予尾翛翛。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- mixed (唐, 明)
- long or tall (唐, 宋)
- Onomatopoeia (三國魏, 宋)