嚶嚶

Chinese

		calling of birds	calling of birds
trad. (嚶嚶)		嚶	嚶
simp. (嘤嘤)		嘤	嘤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīngyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yingying
  - Wade–Giles: ying¹-ying¹
  - Yale: yīng-yīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inging
  - Palladius: инъин (inʺin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'eang 'eang

Rime
Character	嚶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏莖切
Baxter	'eang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔɛŋ/
Wang Li	/æŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ang¹

Noun

嚶嚶

(onomatopoeia, literary) chirping; tweeting (in harmony)
- 伐木丁丁，鳥鳴嚶嚶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  伐木丁丁，鸟鸣嘤嘤。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fámù zhēngzhēng, niǎo míng yīngyīng. [Pinyin]
  Logging zhengzheng, birds yingying.
(onomatopoeia, literary) murmuring; mumbling; muttering
(onomatopoeia, literary) A sharp or clear sound.
(literary, figurative) congenial friends
(onomatopoeia, now slang) sobbing; weeping; whimpering; crying

Derived terms

呦呦嚶嚶／呦呦嘤嘤
嚶嚶怪／嘤嘤怪 (yīngyīngguài)
鬧嚶嚶／闹嘤嘤

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