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煢煢

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Chinese

		alone	alone
trad. (煢煢)		煢	煢
simp. (茕茕)		茕	茕
alternative forms		㷀㷀惸惸睘睘嬛嬛瞏瞏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴ king⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qióngqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngcyóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-chʻiung²
  - Yale: chyúng-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongchyong
  - Palladius: цюнцюн (cjuncjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    惸惸
    煢煢 / 茕茕
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: king⁴ king⁴
  - Yale: kìhng kìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴ king⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: king⁴ king⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹ kʰɪŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    惸惸
    煢煢 / 茕茕

Middle Chinese: gjwieng gjwieng

Rime
Character	煢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	清 (122)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠營切
Baxter	gjwieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡwiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qióng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	king⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeŋ ɡʷeŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煢
Reading #	1/1
No.	15373
Phonetic component	熒
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓊
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeŋ/

Adjective

煢煢

(literary, ideophonic) solitary; lonely; all alone
哀遊子煢煢其無依兮，在天之涯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
哀游子茕茕其无依兮，在天之涯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 【夢】李叔同
Āi yóu zǐ qióngqióng qí wú yī xī, zài tiān zhī yá. [Pinyin]
The wandering child is helpless and lonely, at heaven's end.

Derived terms

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