呱呱

Chinese

		crying sound of child	crying sound of child
simp. and trad. (呱呱)		呱	呱

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūgū, wāwā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄍㄨ, ㄨㄚㄨㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄍㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gugu
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wāwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaua
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠⁵⁵ u̯a̠⁵⁵/

Adverb

呱呱

(onomatopoeia, literary) for the cry of a baby

Derived terms

呱呱墜地／呱呱坠地

呱呱墮地／呱呱堕地

Noun

呱呱

(literary) infant; baby

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāguā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄨㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guagua
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/

Adverb

呱呱

(onomatopoeia) for sound of frogs, ducks, etc.: quack; croak; caw
(onomatopoeia, literary) for crying, wailing or shouting
(onomatopoeia, literary) for gulping water
(onomatopoeia, literary) for talking fluently

Derived terms

呱呱叫 (guāguājiào)
咭咭呱呱

唧唧呱呱
頂呱呱／顶呱呱 (dǐngguāguā)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (呱呱):

→ Japanese: 呱 (こ)呱 (こ) (koko)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呱	呱
こ Hyōgaiji	こ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

呱々

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ko̞]

Adverb

呱呱 (hiragana ここ, rōmaji koko)

(onomatopoeia) representation of a baby's cry, especially the cry of a newborn baby
呱 (こ)呱 (こ)の声 (こえ)をあげる
koko no koe o ageru
to give a newborn's cry; to be born

References

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (in Japanese), Shōgakukan, 2000-2002

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