縵縵

縵縵

Chinese

		plain thin silk; slow; unadorned	plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
trad. (縵縵)		縵	縵
simp. (缦缦)		缦	缦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànmàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànmàn
    • Wade–Giles: man4-man4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

縵縵

1. unadorned

   • 天生繡繡　地生縵縵　水生骨頭 [MSC, trad.]
     天生绣绣　地生缦缦　水生骨头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills/Riddles and Ditties

     tiān shēng xiùxiù, dì shēng mànmàn, shuǐ shēng gǔtóu [Pinyin]

     Heaven produces the variegated, Earth begets the unadorned, Water begets bones.