踽踽

Chinese

		hunchbacked; walk alone	hunchbacked; walk alone
trad. (踽踽)		踽	踽
simp. #(踽踽)		踽	踽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔjǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² geoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔjǔ [Phonetic: jújǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔjyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-chü³
    • Yale: jyǔ-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeujeu
    • Palladius: цзюйцзюй (czjujczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: The Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation yǔyǔ for this word.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² geoi²
    • Yale: géui géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuX|kjuX khjuX|kjuX

Rime
Character	踽	踽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	驅雨切	俱雨切
Baxter	khjuX	kjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨoX/	/kɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰioX/	/kioX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰioX/	/kioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuə̆X/	/kuə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰioX/	/kioX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭuX/	/kĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯uX/	/ki̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǔ	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi2	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷaʔ|kʰʷaʔ  kʷaʔ|kʰʷaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	踽	踽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15954	15959
Phonetic component	禹	禹
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	矩	齲
Old Chinese	/*kʷaʔ/	/*kʰʷaʔ/

Adjective

踽踽

1. (literary) walking alone
2. (literary, by extension) aloof
3. (literary) walking slowly

Derived terms

• 踽踽涼涼／踽踽凉凉
• 踽踽獨行／踽踽独行 (jǔjǔdúxíng)
• 踽踽而行