囁嚅

Chinese

		move the mouth as in speaking	chattering
trad. (囁嚅)		囁	嚅
simp. (嗫嚅)		嗫	嚅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nièrú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nièrú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄖㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nièrú
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴-ju²
    • Yale: nyè-rú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehru
    • Palladius: нежу (nežu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: nyep nyu

Rime
Character	囁	嚅
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而涉切	人朱切
Baxter	nyep	nyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇp̚/	/ȵɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛp̚/	/ȵio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæp̚/	/ȵʑio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiap̚/	/ȵuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛp̚/	/ȵio/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛp̚/	/ȵʑĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛp̚/	/ȵʑi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rè	rú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip6	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njeb  njo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	囁	嚅
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	9544	13972
Phonetic component	聶	需
Rime group	盍	侯
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	讘	儒
Old Chinese	/*njeb/	/*njo/
Notes		見七諫

Verb

囁嚅

1. (literary) to stammer; to speak haltingly
2. (archaic) to whisper; to speak in hushed tones

Derived terms

• 囁囁嚅嚅／嗫嗫嚅嚅