啾啾

Chinese

		wailing of child; chirp	wailing of child; chirp
trad. (啾啾)		啾	啾
simp. #(啾啾)		啾	啾
alternative forms		噍噍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiūjiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiūjiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jioujiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹-chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu-jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioujiou
    • Palladius: цзюцзю (czjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹ zau¹
    • Yale: jāu jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjuw tsjuw

Rime
Character	啾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即由切
Baxter	tsjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suw/
Li Rong	/t͡siu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯw  ʔsɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	啾
Reading #	1/1
No.	10534
Phonetic component	秋
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯw/

Noun

啾啾

1. (onomatopoeia) chirping
2. (onomatopoeia) instrument sounds
3. (onomatopoeia) any shrilling sound

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (啾啾):

• → Japanese: 啾啾(しゅうしゅう) (shūshū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
啾	啾
しゅう Hyōgai	しゅう Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
啾々

Adjective

啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう) • (shūshū) ^{←しうしう (siusiu)?†}-tari (adnominal 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)とした (shūshū to shita) or 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)たる (shūshū taru), adverbial 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)と (shūshū to) or 啾(しゅう)啾(しゅう)として (shūshū to shite))

1. softly crying, keening

Derived terms

• 鬼哭啾啾(きこくしゅうしゅう) (kikokushūshū)