垂垂

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
trad. (垂垂)		垂	垂
simp. #(垂垂)		垂	垂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíchuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ seoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sôe-sôe / sê-sê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíchuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéichuéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-chʻui²
    • Yale: chwéi-chwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweichwei
    • Palladius: чуйчуй (čujčuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ seoi⁴
    • Yale: sèuih sèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ soey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ sêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ sɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sôe-sôe / sê-sê
    • Tâi-lô: suê-suê / sê-sê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soesoee, sesee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²⁴⁻²² sue²⁴/, /se²⁴⁻²² se²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue²⁴⁻²² sue²⁴/, /se²⁴⁻²² se²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue¹³⁻²² sue¹³/, /se¹³⁻²² se¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue²⁴⁻¹¹ sue²⁴/, /se²⁴⁻¹¹ se²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue²³⁻³³ sue²³/, /se²³⁻³³ se²³/

Adverb

垂垂

1. (literary) gradually; little by little

Verb

垂垂

1. (literary) to droop; to hang low
2. (literary) to fall; to drop