冉冉

冉冉

Chinese

		passing (of time)	passing (of time)
simp. and trad. (冉冉)		冉	冉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎnrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ jim⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): liam-liam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rǎnrǎn [Phonetic: ránrǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raanraan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁵ jim⁵
    • Yale: yíhm yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ yim⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³ jiːm¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liam-liam
    • Tâi-lô: liam-liam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liamliafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liam³³ liam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liam⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁴⁴/

Adverb

冉冉

1. (ideophonic) slowly; gradually

Adjective

冉冉

1. (ideophonic, literary) walking slowly
2. (ideophonic, of tree branches, etc.) hanging down loosely
3. (ideophonic, literary) filling the air; permeating