栩栩

Chinese

		Quercus serrata ({{vern|jolcham oak}})	Quercus serrata ({{vern|jolcham oak}})
trad. (栩栩)		栩	栩
simp. #(栩栩)		栩	栩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi² heoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hú-hú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔxǔ [Phonetic: xúxǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔsyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³-hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheusheu
    • Palladius: сюйсюй (sjujsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi² heoi²
    • Yale: héui héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey² hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu² hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵ hɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hú-hú
    • Tâi-lô: hú-hú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw'huo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjuX xjuX

Rime
Character	栩
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況羽切
Baxter	xjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/hioX/
Shao Rongfen	/xioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆X/
Li Rong	/xioX/
Wang Li	/xĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaʔ  qʰʷaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	栩
Reading #	1/2
No.	15943
Phonetic component	羽
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	詡
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaʔ/

Adjective

栩栩

1. vivid; lively

   • 昔者莊周夢為胡蝶。栩栩然胡蝶也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔者庄周梦为胡蝶。栩栩然胡蝶也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Xīzhě Zhuāng Zhōu mèng wèi húdié. Xǔxǔ rán húdié yě. [Pinyin]

     Once, Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly. A vivid, vibrant butterfly.

Derived terms

• 栩栩如生 (xǔxǔrúshēng)