煢煢

煢煢

Chinese

		alone	alone
trad. (煢煢)		煢	煢
simp. (茕茕)		茕	茕
variant forms		㷀㷀 惸惸 睘睘 嬛嬛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qióngqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongchyong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 惸惸 煢煢／茕茕

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: king⁴ king⁴
    • Yale: kìhng kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ king⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 惸惸 煢煢／茕茕

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡwiᴇŋ  ɡwiᴇŋ/▼

Rime
Character	煢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	清 (122)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠營切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡwiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeŋ  ɡʷeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煢
Reading #	1/1
No.	15373
Phonetic component	熒
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓊
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeŋ/

Adjective

煢煢

1. (literary, ideophonic) solitary; lonely; all alone

Derived terms

煢煢孑立／茕茕孑立 (qióngqióng jiélì) 煢煢孑立，形影相吊／茕茕孑立，形影相吊 煢煢孤立／茕茕孤立

煢煢無依／茕茕无依 獨自煢煢／独自茕茕