悠悠

悠悠

Chinese

		at ease; long (in time); sad	at ease; long (in time); sad
simp. and trad. (悠悠)		悠	悠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: yōuyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyou
    • IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯˥ joʊ̯˥/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

悠悠

1. long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote (in time or space)
2. leisurely; unhurried; carefree
3. (literary) numerous; a great number of
4. (literary) preposterous; absurd; ridiculous
5. (literary) agitated; anxious; pensive

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
悠	悠
ゆう Grade: S	ゆう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 悠々

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ゆうゆう [yùúyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ゆうゆ​う [yùúyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Adjective

悠悠 (-tari inflection, hiragana ゆうゆう, rōmaji yūyū, historical hiragana いういう)

1. calm; quiet; sedate; leisurely
2. abundant
3. far; remote; unlimited; everlasting

Derived terms

• 悠々 (ゆうゆう)自 (じ)適 (てき) (yūyū jiteki)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN