儦儦

Chinese

		walking to and fro	walking to and fro
trad. (儦儦)		儦	儦
simp. #(儦儦)		儦	儦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāobiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
    • Yale: byāu-byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
    • Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu¹ biu¹
    • Yale: bīu bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjew pjew

Rime
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫嬌切
Baxter	pjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/piæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/
Li Rong	/pjɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prew  prew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
No.	801
Phonetic component	麃
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鑣
Old Chinese	/*prew/

Adjective

儦儦

1. (literary) many; numerous; crowded

   • 汶水滔滔、行人儦儦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

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

     Wèn Shuǐ tāotāo, xíngrén biāobiāo. [Pinyin]

     The waters of the Wen sweep on;
     The travellers are in crowds.

2. (literary) rushing about; running in small steps

   • 儦儦俟俟、或群或友。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

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

     Biāobiāo sìsì, huò qún huò yǒu. [Pinyin]

     Now rushing about, now waiting together,
     Here in threes, there in twos.

Synonyms

• (many):

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)