唧唧

Chinese

		(onomat.); to pump (water)	(onomat.); to pump (water)
simp. and trad. (唧唧)		唧	唧

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījī, jíjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chi¹
    • Yale: jī-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíjí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²
    • Yale: jí-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyi
    • Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ zik¹
    • Yale: jīk jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

唧唧

1. sighing
2. praising
3. chirping

Synonyms

• (chirping): (Hakka) 嘰嘰／叽叽

Pronunciation 2

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji⁴ ji⁴

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ji⁴ ji⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

Noun

唧唧

1. (Xiang, childish) milk; breast milk

Synonyms

• 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
• 奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奶唧唧 (lai³ ji⁴ ji⁴) (Xiang, childish)
• 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu, childish in Cantonese)
• 奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
• 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
• 奶汁 (nǎizhī)