喃喃

Chinese

		mumble in repetition	mumble in repetition
trad. (喃喃/諵諵)		喃/諵	喃/諵
simp. (喃喃)		喃	喃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánnán

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ naam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánnán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-nan²
  - Yale: nán-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nannan
  - Palladius: наньнань (nanʹnanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ naːm²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    喃喃
    囡囡

Adverb

喃喃

(onomatopoeia) describes the act of speaking softly or murmuring
(onomatopoeia) describes the sound of reading
(onomatopoeia) the sound of birds chirping

Derived terms

喃喃吶吶／喃喃呐呐
喃喃篤篤／喃喃笃笃
喃喃細語／喃喃细语
喃喃自語／喃喃自语 (nánnánzìyǔ)
噥噥喃喃／哝哝喃喃
篤篤喃喃／笃笃喃喃

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