蠕蠕

蠕蠕

Chinese

		to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle	to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
trad. (蠕蠕)		蠕	蠕
simp. #(蠕蠕)		蠕	蠕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúrú, ruǎnruǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ, ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúrú
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-ju²
    • Yale: rú-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruru
    • Palladius: жужу (žužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʐu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǎnruǎn [Phonetic: ruánruǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄖㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruǎnruǎn
    • Wade–Giles: juan³-juan³
    • Yale: rwǎn-rwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roanroan
    • Palladius: жуаньжуань (žuanʹžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐwän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jyː²¹/

Adjective

蠕蠕

1. wiggling; squirming

Derived terms

蠕蠕而動／蠕蠕而动 (rúrú'érdòng)

Proper noun

蠕蠕

1. (historical) Synonym of 柔然 (Róurán, “Rouran, an ancient ethnic group in China”).