區區

Chinese

		area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname	area; region; district area; region; district; small; distinguish; surname
trad. (區區)		區	區
simp. (区区)		区	区

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi¹ keoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî-khî
• Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̆-kṳ̆
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu-khu / khi-khi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chiu-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyucyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuchiu
    • Palladius: цюйцюй (cjujcjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: keoi¹ keoi¹
    • Yale: kēui kēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey¹ koey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu¹ kêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî-khî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ ki^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹ ki¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̆-kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)y⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu-khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu-khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qu'qw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³ kʰu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-khi
    • Tâi-lô: khi-khi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qi'qy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chiu-chiu
    • MiniDict: chiu^平 chiu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qy-qy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khju khju

Rime
Character	區
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	豈俱切
Baxter	khju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰio/
Wang Li	/kʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰo  kʰo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	區
Reading #	2/2
No.	10605
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	區
Old Chinese	/*kʰo/

Adjective

區區 (ideophonic)

1. insignificant; trifling; small; negligible
2. (literary) sincere; devoted; genuine; solicitous
3. (literary) complacent; self-satisfied; contented
4. (literary) ordinary; clumsy; foolish
5. (literary) toiling; hard-working

Derived terms

• 區區僕僕／区区仆仆
• 區區冗冗／区区冗冗
• 區區將將／区区将将
• 區區惓惓／区区惓惓
• 區區矻矻／区区矻矻
• 區區碌碌／区区碌碌
• 區區規規／区区规规

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (區區):

• → Korean: 구구(區區) (gugu)

Noun

區區

1. (literary) country

Pronoun

區區

1. (literary, humble) I; me