嚶嚶

嚶嚶

Chinese

		calling of birds	calling of birds
trad. (嚶嚶)		嚶	嚶
simp. (嘤嘤)		嘤	嘤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-ying¹
    • Yale: yīng-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inging
    • Palladius: инъин (inʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠɛŋ  ʔˠɛŋ/

Rime
Character	嚶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏莖切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɛŋ/
Wang Li	/æŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ang1

Noun

嚶嚶

1. (onomatopoeia, literary) chirping; tweeting (in harmony)

   • 伐木丁丁，鳥鳴嚶嚶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     伐木丁丁，鸟鸣嘤嘤。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Fámù zhēngzhēng, niǎo míng yīngyīng. [Pinyin]

     Logging zhengzheng, birds yingying.

2. (onomatopoeia, literary) murmuring; mumbling; muttering
3. (onomatopoeia, literary) A sharp or clear sound.
4. (literary, figurative) congenial friends
5. (onomatopoeia, now slang) sobbing; weeping; whimpering; crying

Derived terms

呦呦嚶嚶／呦呦嘤嘤 嚶嚶怪／嘤嘤怪 (yīngyīngguài)

鬧嚶嚶／闹嘤嘤