呦呦

Chinese

		bleating of the deer	bleating of the deer
simp. and trad. (呦呦)		呦	呦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youyou
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-yu¹
    • Yale: yōu-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiou
    • Palladius: юю (juju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ jau¹
    • Yale: yāu yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jiw 'jiw

Rime
Character	呦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於虯切
Baxter	'jiw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔieu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiw/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕu/
Wang Li	/iəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯw  qrɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呦
Reading #	1/1
No.	15639
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幽
Old Chinese	/*qrɯw/

Noun

呦呦

1. (onomatopoeia, literary) the cry of a deer

   • 呦呦鹿鳴，食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     呦呦鹿鸣，食野之蒿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yōuyōu lùmíng, shí yě zhī hāo. [Pinyin]

     With pleased sounds the deer call to one another,
     Eating the southernwood of the fields.