迢迢

Chinese

		remote	remote
trad. (迢迢)		迢	迢
simp. ^#(迢迢)		迢	迢
alternative forms		苕苕 “far”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáotiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴ tiu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu-tiâu / thiâu-thiâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáotiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáotiáo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-tʻiao²
  - Yale: tyáu-tyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyautyau
  - Palladius: тяотяо (tjaotjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
  - Yale: tìuh tìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴ tiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu-tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiâu-tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diau'diaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiâu-thiâu
  - Tâi-lô: thiâu-thiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'tiaau
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²³⁻³³ tʰiau²³/

Middle Chinese: dew dew

Rime
Character	迢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu⁴

Adjective

迢迢

(literary) far away; distant
(literary, of time) long
Alternative form of 岧岧 (tiáotiáo, “tall; towering”)

Synonyms

(far away):

偏僻 (piānpì)
偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)
僻遠／僻远 (Hokkien)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary)
蔽塞 (bìsè)
迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
邊遠／边远 (biānyuǎn)
閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)

(long):

久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
悠久 (yōujiǔ)
悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

Derived terms

千里迢迢 (qiānlǐtiáotiáo)
萬里迢迢
迢迢千里 (tiáotiáoqiānlǐ)

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