綿綿

See also: 绵绵

Chinese

		cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (綿綿)		綿	綿
simp. (绵绵)		绵	绵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miánmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ min⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mî-mî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miánmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miánmián
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-mien²
    • Yale: myán-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianmian
    • Palladius: мяньмянь (mjanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ min⁴
    • Yale: mìhn mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ miːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-mî
    • Tâi-lô: mî-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mimii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² mĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ mĩ²³/

Adjective

綿綿

1. continuous

Derived terms

• 情話綿綿 / 情话绵绵
• 綿綿不絕 / 绵绵不绝 (miánmiánbùjué)
• 綿綿瓜瓞 / 绵绵瓜瓞
• 綿綿絮語 / 绵绵絮语
• 軟綿綿 / 软绵绵 (ruǎnmiánmián)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (綿綿):

• → Japanese: 綿綿(めんめん) (menmen)
• → Korean: 면면(綿綿) (myeonmyeon)