儦儦

儦儦

Chinese

		walking to and fro	walking to and fro
trad. (儦儦)		儦	儦
simp. #(儦儦)		儦	儦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
    • Yale: byāu-byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
    • Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu¹ biu¹
    • Yale: bīu bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇu  pˠiᴇu/

Rime
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫嬌切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/piæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/
Li Rong	/pjɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prew  prew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
No.	801
Phonetic component	麃
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鑣
Old Chinese	/*prew/

Adjective

儦儦

1. (literary) many; numerous; crowded

   • 汶水滔滔、行人儦儦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wèn Shuǐ tāotāo, xíngrén biāobiāo. [Pinyin]

     The waters of the Wen sweep on;
     The travellers are in crowds.

2. (literary) rushing about; running in small steps

   • 儦儦俟俟、或群或友。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Biāobiāo sìsì, huò qún huò yǒu. [Pinyin]

     Now rushing about, now waiting together,
     Here in threes, there in twos.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 儦儦

一系列 (yīxìliè) 不少 (bùshǎo) 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial) 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary) 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary) 好些 (hǎoxiē) 好多 (hǎoduō) 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary) 延延 (yányán) (literary) 很多 (hěnduō) 浩瀚 (hàohàn) 浩繁 (hàofán)

百 (bǎi) 繁多 (fánduō) 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary) 幾多 (Cantonese) 廣／广 (guǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people) 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō) 許多／许多 (xǔduō) 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō) 颮颮／飑飑 (pòpò) (literary) 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Min Nan)