囷囷

Chinese

		granary	granary
simp. and trad. (囷囷)		囷	囷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūnqūn, jūnjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄣ ㄑㄩㄣ, ㄐㄩㄣ ㄐㄩㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūnqūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄣ ㄑㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuncyun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻün¹-chʻün¹
    • Yale: chyūn-chyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiunchiun
    • Palladius: цюньцюнь (cjunʹcjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunjyun
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-chün¹
    • Yale: jyūn-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunjiun
    • Palladius: цзюньцзюнь (czjunʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwin khwin

Rime
Character	囷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (45)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去倫切
Baxter	khwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjin/
Li Rong	/kʰjuĕn/
Wang Li	/kʰǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1

Adjective

囷囷

1. spiraling

   • 盤盤焉，囷囷焉，蜂房水渦，矗不知其幾千萬落。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     盘盘焉，囷囷焉，蜂房水涡，矗不知其几千万落。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 阿房宮賦

     Pánpán yān, qūnqūn yān, fēngfáng shuǐwō, chù bùzhī qí jǐ qiān wàn luò. [Pinyin]

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