狺狺

Chinese

		snarling of dogs	snarling of dogs
simp. and trad. (狺狺)		狺	狺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ ngan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínyín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-yin²
    • Yale: yín-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynyn
    • Palladius: иньинь (inʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ ngan⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ ŋɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngin|ngj+n ngin|ngj+n

Rime
Character	狺	狺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語巾切	語斤切
Baxter	ngin	ngj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/	/ŋɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/	/ŋɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/	/ŋiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/	/ŋɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/	/ŋiən/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/	/ŋĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/	/ŋi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯn|ŋɯn  ŋrɯn|ŋɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狺	狺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14276	14277
Phonetic component	言	言
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	銀	䖐
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯn/	/*ŋɯn/

Noun

狺狺

1. (archaic, onomatopoeia) sound of dog

   • 一條斷脊之犬，還敢在我軍陣前狺狺狂吠！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     一条断脊之犬，还敢在我军阵前狺狺狂吠！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1994, China Central Television, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

     Yī tiáo duàn jǐ zhī quǎn, hái gǎn zài wǒjūn zhèn qián yínyín kuángfèi! [Pinyin]

     You backless dog, how dare you bark in front of our army!

2. (archaic, figurative) attacking words