影影綽綽

Chinese

		picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	generous; ample; wide generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; cook by scalding (see 焯)	generous; ample; wide generous; ample; wide; spacious; well-off; cook by scalding (see 焯)
trad. (影影綽綽)		影	影	綽	綽
simp. (影影绰绰)		影	影	绰	绰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐngyǐngchuòchuò, yǐngyǐngchāochāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ, ㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄠ ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing² jing² coek³ coek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngyǐngchuòchuò [Phonetic: yíngyǐngchuòchuò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngyǐngchuòchuò
    • Wade–Giles: ying³-ying³-chʻo⁴-chʻo⁴
    • Yale: yǐng-yǐng-chwò-chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingyiingchuohchuoh
    • Palladius: инъинчочо (inʺinčočo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngyǐngchāochāo [Phonetic: yíngyǐngchāochāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄠ ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngyǐngchaochao
    • Wade–Giles: ying³-ying³-chʻao¹-chʻao¹
    • Yale: yǐng-yǐng-chāu-chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingyiingchauchau
    • Palladius: инъинчаочао (inʺinčaočao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing² jing² coek³ coek³
    • Yale: yíng yíng cheuk cheuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing² jing² tsoek⁸ tsoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying² ying² cêg³ cêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³⁵ jɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰœːk̚³ t͡sʰœːk̚³/

Adjective

影影綽綽

1. vague

Adverb

影影綽綽

1. vaguely

   • 我呢一下班兒剛進衚衕口兒，就影影綽綽瞧見2號兒北房，房上，有一人 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     我呢一下班儿刚进胡同口儿，就影影绰绰瞧见2号儿北房，房上，有一人 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2000, 梁左 and 梁欢, 《闲人马大姐》, episode 7

     wǒ ne yī xiàbānr gāng jìn hútòng kǒur, jiù yǐngyǐngchāochāo qiáo jiàn 2 hàor běi fáng, fáng shang, yǒu yī rén [Pinyin]

     So as soon as I finished work, as I went through the entrance of the alley, I vaguely saw the north building of no. 2, and in the building, there was someone