咿咿挹挹

Chinese

		(onomat.)	(onomat.)	give up; ladle out; pour out	give up; ladle out; pour out
simp. and trad. (咿咿挹挹)		咿	咿	挹	挹

Etymology

Reduplication of 咿挹 (ji¹ jap¹).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ ji¹ jap¹ jap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ ji¹ jap¹ jap¹
    • Yale: yī yī yāp yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ ji¹ jap⁷ jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yi¹ yeb¹ yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵ jɐp̚⁵ jɐp̚⁵/

Verb

咿咿挹挹

1. (Cantonese) to interact intimately (between couples)