𣱼𣱼

Chinese


simp. and trad. (𣱼𣱼)		𣱼	𣱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāodāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠㄉㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāodāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: daodao
  - Wade–Giles: tao¹-tao¹
  - Yale: dāu-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daudau
  - Palladius: даодао (daodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

𣱼𣱼

(literary) flexible; flowing
- 𣱼𣱼，大約是靈活、流動的意思。當讀如刀。 [MSC, trad.]
  𣱼𣱼，大约是灵活、流动的意思。当读如刀。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 凌景埏's annotation of 金·董解元《西廂記諸宮調》, quoted from 《漢語大字典》
  Dāodāo, dàyuē shì línghuó, liúdòng de yìsi. Dāng dú rú dāo. [Pinyin]
  𣱼𣱼 (dāodāo) roughly means "flexible" or "flowing". Should read like 刀 (dāo).