呦呦

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ jau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuyōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡ
  - 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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    呦呦
    悠悠
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/

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/
Bernard 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

(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.

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