裊裊

裊裊

See also: 袅袅

Chinese

		delicate; graceful	delicate; graceful
trad. (裊裊)		裊	裊
simp. (袅袅)		袅	袅
variant forms		嫋嫋 褭褭 嬝嬝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎoniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ niu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niǎoniǎo [Phonetic: niáoniǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neauneau
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • Yale: níuh níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ niu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³ niːu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /neu^X  neu^X/▼

Rime
Character	裊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo

Adjective

裊裊

1. (literary, ideophonic, of smoke etc.) slowly billowing upwards; curling upwards; spiralling up
2. (literary, ideophonic, of something soft and delicate) waving back and forth in the wind

   • 紛紛宮女飄紅袖，隊隊官員執寶燈。掌扇分開香裊裊，君王早已坐朝廷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     纷纷宫女飘红袖，队队官员执宝灯。掌扇分开香袅袅，君王早已坐朝廷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 陳端生 《再生緣·第七回·皇甫子法網逃生》

     Fēnfēn gōngnǚ piāo hóng xiù, duì duì guānyuán zhí bǎo dēng. Zhǎng shàn fēnkāi xiāng niǎoniǎo, jūnwáng zǎo yǐ zuò cháotíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. (literary, ideophonic, of voice) lingering in the air

Derived terms

Derived terms from 裊裊

亭亭裊裊／亭亭袅袅 娉娉裊裊／娉娉袅袅 婷婷裊裊／婷婷袅袅 炊煙裊裊／炊烟袅袅 細裊裊／细袅袅 裊裊上升／袅袅上升 裊裊不絕／袅袅不绝 裊裊亭亭／袅袅亭亭

裊裊娉娉／袅袅娉娉 裊裊娜娜／袅袅娜娜 裊裊婷婷／袅袅婷婷 裊裊炊煙／袅袅炊烟 裊裊餘音／袅袅余音 輕裊裊／轻袅袅 餘音裊裊／余音袅袅