皦皦

皦皦

Chinese

		sparkling; bright	sparkling; bright
simp. and trad. (皦皦)		皦	皦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎojiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu² giu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo [Phonetic: jiáojiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujeau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu² giu²
    • Yale: gíu gíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu² giu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu² giu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵ kiːu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /keu^X  keu^X/▼

Rime
Character	皦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古了切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuX/
Pan Wuyun	/keuX/
Shao Rongfen	/keuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwX/
Li Rong	/keuX/
Wang Li	/kieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo

Adjective

皦皦

1. (literary) bright and white; clear
2. (literary) clean
3. (literary) Synonym of 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo, “outstanding”).