縫縫補補

Chinese

		crack; seam; to sew crack; seam; to sew; to stitch	crack; seam; to sew crack; seam; to sew; to stitch	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (縫縫補補)		縫	縫	補	補
simp. (缝缝补补)		缝	缝	补	补
AABB-type reduplication of 縫補／缝补 (féngbǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féngféngbǔbǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁴ fung⁴ bou² bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féngféngbǔbǔ [Phonetic: féngféngbúbǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ ㄈㄥˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóngfóngbǔbǔ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng²-fêng²-pu³-pu³
    • Yale: féng-féng-bǔ-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferngferngbuubuu
    • Palladius: фэнфэнбубу (fɛnfɛnbubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ³⁵ fɤŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁴ fung⁴ bou² bou²
    • Yale: fùhng fùhng bóu bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁴ fung⁴ bou² bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁴ fung⁴ bou² bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²¹ fʊŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ pou̯³⁵/

Verb

縫縫補補

1. to sew and mend (clothes); to darn

   新三年，舊三年，縫縫補補又三年 [MSC, trad.]
   新三年，旧三年，缝缝补补又三年 [MSC, simp.]

   xīn sān nián, jiù sān nián, féngféngbǔbǔ yòu sān nián [Pinyin]

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