喋々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
kan’on
Alternative spelling
喋喋

Etymology

Middle Chinese 喋喋

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ちょう)(ちょう) • (chōchō) てふてふ (tefutefu)?-tari (adnominal (ちょう)(ちょう)とした (chōchō to shita) or (ちょう)(ちょう)たる (chōchō taru), adverbial (ちょう)(ちょう) (chōchō to) or (ちょう)(ちょう)として (chōchō to shite))

  1. chattering incessantly

Verb

(ちょう)(ちょう)する • (chōchō suru) てふてふ (tefutefu)?suru (stem (ちょう)(ちょう) (chōchō shi), past (ちょう)(ちょう)した (chōchō shita))

  1. to chatter incessantly

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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