綿蠻
Chinese
cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy |
barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (綿蠻) | 綿 | 蠻 | |
| simp. (绵蛮) | 绵 | 蛮 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
綿蠻
- (literary) small birds,[1] or the chirping of birds[2]
- 綿蠻黃鳥，止于丘阿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Miánmán huángniǎo, zhǐ yú qiū'ē. [Pinyin]
- There is that little / chirping oriole,
Resting on a bend of the mound.
绵蛮黄鸟，止于丘阿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
References
- Mao Commentary, "Mian Man"
- Zhu Xi, 《詩經集傳》 Collected Commentaries on the Classic of Poetry, "Vol. 5"
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